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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  Does the cigarette industry have credibility? Or the oil industry? It doesn't really matter if people are already addicted to their products. |
I agree that industry-wide abuses are tolerated. I was speaking strictly from an individual/commercial farmer's perspective. For example, let's say you have two farmers, A and B, who sell beef to McDonalds. A 'tortures' their cows, while B doesn't. If a PETA zealot successfully exposes farmer A, McDonalds will sever ties with farmer A and claim ignorance in order to save face. Farmer A goes bankrupt while farmer B prospers. In this situation, I believe it would be a significant business risk for farmer A to continue to torture their animals if farmer B does not. If exposed, farmer A's credibility is destroyed instantly.
Thanks for the update on PETA. Glad to see they're making progress. Like everyone else, I'm all for eliminating needless cruelty, but I'm also for low prices. Similarly, most people favor increased social programs in addition to lower taxes. Balancing acts like these will never satisfy everyone. We live in an interesting world
- Tom