• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Did they really compare wool with leather as equally cruel to animals?

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      11 months ago

      Perty shure sheep weren’t meant to be shaved like that and the constant shaving has caused them to evolve to require it.

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        11 months ago

        You’re not wrong but there isn’t a domesticated animal or plant that we haven’t selectively breed so the traits we want to see more of aren’t expressed more prominately.

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        11 months ago

        While we shouldnt be cruel to animals, just want to point out that Lamarckian evolution was proven false by Darwin already.

        Sheep didn’t evolve to require it by the constant shaving, farmers would have likely selected for highly producing animals if anything.

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        11 months ago

        It depends on the variety. Some sheep do need to be sheared, but others shed naturally and their wool can simply be combed out.

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          11 months ago

          Strawman. You can reduce the herd by simply not breeding a new one. No animal has to be harmed

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            11 months ago

            Your position and lack of answering the question implies to my naive mind that you do advocate for killing all the sheep that have been bred to need shearing. Do you not? I really can’t tell lol your stance seems to imply that would be where you land, but I would also call that pretty fucking ghoulish if that’s the case.

            Since we set the world up this way, now we have a responsibility to treat the animals kindly. That’s my stance. Supply and demand is technically irrelevant. Obviously I’m gonna have an issue with factory industrialized wool though… Mistreating animals, especially species we specifically messed with through selective breeding is absolutely inexcusable. And the PETA route of annihilating all the selectively bred animals is as abhorrent as factory farming to me.

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              11 months ago

              I think you’re spending too much time on these forums if this is what goes through your head in response to my comment.

              I was simply sharing a fact many people might not know about the shearing of sheep.

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                11 months ago

                Calling me chronically online has literally no effect, but since we’re gotten to the name calling stage, allow me to respond in kind:

                Next time, state your stance instead of playing shitty word games, coward. You didn’t state your stance when asked, you only responded with “what do you think”. Therefore, I told you. And now you’re trying to backpedal instead of owning the fact that you’re acting like a smug asshole instead of just changing your behavior.

                It’s a shame though, we could have had an interesting conversation about this. But I guess all you have is pointless trivia and no actual opinion. Why do you even bother to talk, then? Like I’m actually asking, why did you even bother to respond “what do you think?”?

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                  11 months ago

                  Yeah… I think you should take a break.

                  I’m just gonna block you to help you out.

                  Goodbye, and take it easy.