This is a response to a post from Steve Pavlina where he shows some cruel practices against chicks in the egg industry. You can see the video here.
That post raised a lot of attention, at the point that I decided to give my public reply here. I suggest you to watch the video and read the post before continuing.
So, he basically says that if you eat eggs, you are actively supporting those practices and you are comparable to a nazi. Here are his words:
“Realize that if you eat eggs, you’re actively and directly supporting practices like this. This video is actually pretty mild compared to what happens to the hens.”
First, comparing egg eaters with nazis is one of the worst things I ever read. I can understand that for people living in America, WWII may look like an old and very far fact, but trust me, our grands here lived such facts directly and I can assure you that if you draw a swastica in Italy, you’ll be arrested (at least it’s the law). But it’s ok, I guess he has the right to talk about everything.
That also means that if you ever ate one single egg you are responsible for what happened in industries like the one shown in the video. But of course this does not make any sense: chances are that you were not aware of those practices until now, so how can I call you a nazi? Seriously.
He went by describing all the reasons that you are bad, even if you produce eggs yourself (My grands do), because if you go to a restaurant you can’t be sure that if you eat something, it’s not made with eggs. He is exaggerating now.
As far as I know, everything that you eat or dress has the potential of having been made using cruel practices. And if you think that vegans are the exception, think again, in particular, think about all the ‘insecticides’ used to preserve your fresh fruit/vegetables, are the insects happy to be intoxicated? But what if you are so lucky to control even the vegetables you eat? Well… Aren’t you killing small organisms when you walk to bring the fruit to your table. Aren’t you killing insects when you drive your car? Ok, it is ridiculous, but compare this with what he says. What is the difference between killing chicks, and killing insects with cruel practices? There’s no difference of course.
Let’s talk about the other side. Assume that you decide to stop eating eggs because you saw that video, are you solving the problem? Or are you becoming more selfish by releasing your responsibility to someone else? Let’s be clear here: the wrong fact it’s not eating eggs, the wrong fact it’s that particular industry which uses those methods. So instead of focusing on your selfish emotions, try to stop that practices in some way instead of turning your head to the other side.
Either way, I’m not ok with those practices and I would not eat an egg if I knew it was made that way.
Here’s a tip for you: the next time you see a video like that, try to focus your attention to the real problem, not the one suggested by the marketer behind it.
What do you think? Leave a comment below
Update
See the comments below for continuation of this discussion.