KFC: Killing Freakin Chickens

sometimes Brad and I talk about things other than movies, sports and TV--here is one of those conversations

SS4EVAU16: i am so hungry
Jarett Wieselman: me too
SS4EVAU16: i have to wait till 7
Jarett Wieselman: i just talked about fast food for 30 minutes with coworkers and how i can't eat KFC anymore
Jarett Wieselman: now i want chicken in a baaaaad way
SS4EVAU16: why can't you eat kfc?
Jarett Wieselman: i read a PETA flyer about how the chickens are treated, it's just like how veal is treated, and now i can't eat it anymore,
SS4EVAU16: fuck that
Jarett Wieselman: i can't, it's wrong
SS4EVAU16: if anything that should get you to eat veal not stop eating chicken
Jarett Wieselman: and it's just KFC, i can still eat roy rogers, wendys and such
Jarett Wieselman: i have never eaten veal
SS4EVAU16: right, they treat it differently
SS4EVAU16: you are being stupid
Jarett Wieselman: thats what i mean, i dont eat veal for the same reasons that i now dont eat KFC
Jarett Wieselman: they do, it's a fact
Jarett Wieselman: it's science
SS4EVAU16: i know, but you already have eaten it and know how good it is, just imagine how good veal is
SS4EVAU16: you not eating it isn't going to stop people from making it so why punish yourself
Jarett Wieselman: i know, but at least i'm not contributing--you have to think that you can make a difference, that's why people need to vote, if you vote there's a chance others will too--well, if i stop eating KFC there's a chance others will too and that will send a message to the KFC people and they can start raising the chickens under the guidelines of the FDA
SS4EVAU16: but haven't you realized that "one person can make a difference" is total bull
SS4EVAU16: it's been proven in 2 straight elections
SS4EVAU16: and everything else that needs changing
Jarett Wieselman: i know it doesn't work, but should that stop people from trying to make a difference--plus, it makes a difference to me, so i should keep it up
SS4EVAU16: nah
SS4EVAU16: but you have already contributed to it in the past
Jarett Wieselman: i know, but that's not a reason to keep doing something, regardless of what the Bush Admin tells us
SS4EVAU16: but how do you know peta is reporting the truth
SS4EVAU16: you have no proof, they could just make shit up
Jarett Wieselman: because they have videos of the KFC factories on their website and the KFC people have even acknowledged that their factories don't raise em' right-
SS4EVAU16: so let me get this straight
Jarett Wieselman: there's a loophole in the Cruelty against animals act that doesn't cover chickens, so KFC is free to do whatever they want to them
12:05 PM
SS4EVAU16: you are ok with eating chickens that are killed humanely but won't eat chickens that are killed barbarically
Jarett Wieselman: exactly
SS4EVAU16: they being killed either way so what does it matter
Jarett Wieselman: i am not against eating chicken
Jarett Wieselman: but dont they deserve to have a quality of life while they're alive--they are pumped with hormones to make their bodies big so they can seel more chicken--and they aren't allowed to walk, so their legs are underdeveloped and they can't hold their weight on their legs--so they never move
SS4EVAU16: so why do you care how it's prepared
Jarett Wieselman: i mean, that's the worst thing i've ever heard
Jarett Wieselman: because it's barbaric
Jarett Wieselman: and they dont HAVE to
Jarett Wieselman: it's a choice they make
SS4EVAU16: but they are going to be killed anyway
Jarett Wieselman: plenty of other corporations raise chicken under humane circumstances, and KFC can to, they just choose not to because it's better for their profits
SS4EVAU16: so why would they stop
SS4EVAU16: killing is killing
SS4EVAU16: dying sucks no matter how it happens
Jarett Wieselman: i'm not debating the decision to own a chicken slaughterhouse and kill chicken, i am saying that KFC can do it in a humane way and they choose not to
SS4EVAU16: but if you are against the way they treat them how can you not be against them killing the chickens to. they are blatantly buying the chickens to kill them which if you are ok with the idea of the death of the chicken why should you care about the way they die
Jarett Wieselman: it's like this--if you bring a pet to a vet to be put down, should they get the drugs that make them drift off to sleep or be beaten with bats until they die a long, bloody death--it's a choice to go about things in a humane way, no like a caveman
SS4EVAU16: BUT YOU ARE EATING THE CHICKEN LIKE A CAVEMAN you aren't eating the dog
SS4EVAU16: if the purpose is for consumers enjoyment i want the best product
SS4EVAU16: i will assume from your lack of response you realize you are wrong
Jarett Wieselman: sorry, i was smoking
Jarett Wieselman: this convo stressed me out so i went and got a bucket of chicken
SS4EVAU16: haha
Jarett Wieselman: jk
SS4EVAU16: hahaha
SS4EVAU16: and dipped my face in it
Jarett Wieselman: yes, that's exactly what i wanted, a big fried face
SS4EVAU16: haha