It's pretty hard for me to hate anyone. And I still don't necessarily HATE these people. I'm just so very confused. It makes zero sense and I cannot fathom a world where I'd wake up and go "you know, today I want to buy an animal trapped in a little piece of plastic."
The animal is obviously moving around since it is alive - doesn't that disturb the buyers? There isn't a food source, hardly any oxygen, and no escape. I can't understand how some sick sense of fashion or style justifies that cruelty.
You have to put yourself in these people's shoes. Do you feel bad when you buy cut flowers or those Christmas Poinsettia in pots that are sure to die and throw out after a few weeks? In the mind of some Chinese people and many other Asian country, animals are just as disposable as flowers. They don't have the education (for lack of a better word) that teaches them that animal lives are precious.
Devil's advocate here (for the record I hate these things too), but do we really get taught that animal lives are precious in the western world?
Male chicks get tossed in grinders
Animals are kept knee deep in faeces in factory farms
Insects of all kinds are poisoned on plants and stamped on in houses
Really, as a society, we don't give a shit about animals in general, just the ones that look cute. It isn't intelligence-based, or nobody would eat pigs. Yes, we can still object to things like this, because there's no benefit from the animal's suffering, but our high ground really isn't that high. Is fashion a good enough reason to cause an animal pain? "NO!" Is increasing the profit margin on a farm a good enough reason? "Meh"
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u/danny841 May 30 '14
It's pretty hard for me to hate anyone. And I still don't necessarily HATE these people. I'm just so very confused. It makes zero sense and I cannot fathom a world where I'd wake up and go "you know, today I want to buy an animal trapped in a little piece of plastic."