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Every year, 10 million animals are killed in China - Are Sold As Keychains
There have been many examples of animal abuse for entertainment and commercial use all over the world. But animal cruelty in China tends to be getting more outrageous. Every year, approximately 10 million animals are killed for various reasons in the country. Of course, it’s not new that innocent animals are slowly tortured, beaten to death, or boiled alive. Some animals are used for their fur and often sold and shipped to other countries for use in clothing, while other creatures are slaughtered to be placed on restaurants’ menus.
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I don't think we have the moral authority to condemn China for animal cruelty while we continue having factory farms where animals stand knee-deep in their own shit and aren't able to move as they wait for their death. How is this different?
This is called 'whataboutery,' and in no way justifies the absolute indifference to cruelty, horror, filth, danger and disease around the treatment of animals in China. There are basic reasons underneath why new diseases like influenza waft their way from China into the rest of the world each year, every year.
It's not "whataboutery". leweb didn't say it was justified. He was pointing out that the USA does not have the moral authority to be condemning other country's actions because of the abhorrent practices we use here.
Which is a fine point to make, and I've got nothing against it. Except, though, for how it most certainly is 'whataboutery' and worse, "everybody's-guilty-so-no-one's-guilty" nonsense.