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| Drydess:
--- Quote from: Poliwhirl on April 10, 2017, 11:08:41 AM ---This Is Not What I Meant --- End quote --- that's just what they want you to think |
| Rooged:
--- Quote from: Poliwhirl on April 10, 2017, 11:06:20 AM ---http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/19/193548623/why-slave-labor-still-plagues-the-global-food-system a lot of agriculture is unethically harvested, vegan food is not safe from that also -snip- --- End quote --- the only thing in that article that could be eaten by vegans are tomatoes from trader joes in Immokalee, FL (boycott that one trader joes) and palm oil, which is already notorious for being unethically cultivated |
| Poliwhirl:
--- Quote from: Rooged on April 10, 2017, 11:12:21 AM ---the only thing in that article that could be eaten by vegans are tomatoes from trader joes in Immokalee, FL (boycott that one trader joes) and palm oil, which is already notorious for being unethically cultivated --- End quote --- there's no exhaustive list of every food item produced by slave labor, but here's a few more http://civileats.com/2016/10/25/did-slaves-produce-your-food-forced-labor/ soy is a big one |
| beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Poliwhirl on April 10, 2017, 11:06:20 AM ----gaysnip- --- End quote --- |
| Rooged:
i mean yeah slavery and forced labor are horrible, unethical things however i personally find the treatment of animals in america's meat and animal product industry to be worse than the treatment of these workers call me whatever stuff you want but i'm a vegetarian for this reason |
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