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Originally Posted by Libertine
No, we don't do "the best we can". Ever heard of factory farming? Do some research, and you'll likely find out some rather disconcerting information. It isn't all as clean and humane and nice as you imagine it to be.
Factory farming is deliberate cruelty that is "necessary" for large profits. Force-feeding geese for foie gras is exactly the same. It's just that foie gras is not a mainstream food, and while people would riot if the pork at Walmart suddenly became thrice as expensive, they do not particularly care if foie gras is banned.
Since you went through the trouble of looking up the meaning of my nickname in the dictionary, here's another word you might want to look up: hypocrisy
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And your point is that because animals get hurt during slaughter, we should legalize all cruelty to animals? I bet you're a republican who calls himself a libertarian or some shit like that. I also bet you don't need to look up the meaning of hypocrisy, as it's ingrained in all of you.
Let me use small words, read them very slowly to help your comprehension - I mean 'to help you know what they mean'.. sorry for the big word.
We have laws concerning slaughter practices. We follow them the best we can. The fact that we are carnivores does not give us a license to torture for frivolous reasons. The fact that some pigs don't get knocked out as quickly as they should does not make beating animals to make the meat tender, for example, ok.
Get it? Because if you don't, you're not smart enough to participate in this discussion. Drop the slaughtering argument. It's no good.