Yeah, employees. Right.

[msmcknittington]

So, I just read this post on Ravelry, and my head nearly exploded. For those who can't go there, it's a thread about Australian wool being cruel because of mulesing. Here's the post:

If the climates and pest situations are so different, why are people raising sheep there in the first place if the environment isn’t suited to them? It’s like trying to start a massive pineapple farm in Canada and then building a gas-powered greenhouse to suit it. There are clearly better solutions.

Honestly, there are so many other great yarns out there to knit with that I could be a happy knitter for years without getting wool. I also know that for no reason should a small (or large) business have a right to cause unnecessary pain solely because of the bottom line, and operate my own animal-related business in the same manner. When you’re in this business, the animals are your employees and you have to treat them as such- benefits, vacations, and all.

Bolding mine, of course.

Yeah, 'cuz when you own your employees and they're considered property, it's called slavery. Vacations? What the fuck? You can't go, "Hey, Bossie! Enjoy your weekend! Hope you don't get mastitis!" Because livestock are not people. They never will be!

Stop anthropomorphizing, goddammit.

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[cigarettes214.livejournal.com]

I've heard the Sheep Union gives great dental insurance!

Oh my. This almost compares the the argument I got into with a vegan friend who thought shearing a sheep kills it. She thought that a sheep could be shorn once, then it died. Like a bee stinging and dying. It's seeming like everyone should have to do a turn through the FFA.

And this is why I tend to stay out of the Ravelry forums.

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

They're honestly not usually this bad. The vast majority of posts are utterly reasonable. It's just that when the stupid does pop up, it is dismayingly severe.

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[cigarettes214.livejournal.com]

Hee, hee, I always tend to stumble on the bad ones, then :D

Thanks!

[cmtigger.livejournal.com]

Like the ones where people can't understand that it's idiotic to pass a law that requires ALL dogs and cats be spayed or neutered by 4 months old?