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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/trump-administration-blacks-out-animal-welfare-information
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a statement this morning regarding the removal of animal welfare reports from its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website: "The review of APHIS' website has been ongoing, and the agency is striving to balance the need for transparency with rules protecting individual privacy. In 2016, well before the change of Administration, APHIS decided to make adjustments to the posting of regulatory records. In addition, APHIS is currently involved in litigation concerning, among other issues, information posted on the agency's website. While the agency is vigorously defending against this litigation, in an abundance of caution, the agency is taking additional measures to protect individual privacy. These decisions are not final. Adjustments may be made regarding information appropriate for release and posting."
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @09:03AM
Remember, to some people, a lot of us are animals.
If we can get people used to cruelty, it will be also turned on us - that is for anyone who isn't part of the "in" crowd calling the shots.
First, I suppose it will be gays and transsexuals..... then it will be anyone outside the established religion... then it will be anyone not making a profit for their masters.
First, the troublemakers, drunks, druggies, and incarcerates.
Then disposable grandmas, grandpas, and sick/crippled kids.
What scares me is I see some of this kinda thinking getting in me, whereas I would not object to troublemakers, drunks, druggies, thieves, fraudsters, and the like get some real karma comeback. However it pains me a lot to see innocent people whose only sin was ignorance/stupidity/circumstance pay the price.
( I live close to a growing homeless encampment, and have met many of them... and noted while many were there because of sin, there were also many there simply because they trusted the wrong people, or had rose-colored glasses on which fouled up their observations and situational avoidance preparation. Some of these people are downright thieves and troublemakers, but my observation so far is that a majority of them are good people caught up in a bad situation and lack the resources to pull themselves free, and worse, lack the common sense of how to preserve the resources they have. On top of this, most in my sample were quite discouraged from taking any initiative to change things, as they have come to accept their lot in life. Also known as "laziness". I have a hard time believing it is laziness - which to me is nothing more than an indicator that there is no motivational drive. I have seen plenty of "lazy" people put a lot of drive into things they believe in. )
(Score: 4, Insightful) by lx on Wednesday February 08 2017, @11:05AM
In my experience so called laziness is either an expression of fear or a silent protest against an unfair situation.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by takyon on Wednesday February 08 2017, @12:24PM
Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Haplorhini, Hominidae, Hominini, Homo, H. sapiens
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @01:06PM
Cruelty is already accepted as a form of punishment for criminals (prison conditions, solitary confinement, prison rape, etc.) and some people suspected of criminal activity.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:01PM
The gays and transsexuals will be thrown from buildings because we failed to stop a muslim demographic replacement.
Anyone outside the established religion (which will be islam because we didn't KILL KILL KILL to stop it) will become a slave (literally!) or killed. Mostly, females become sex slaves and males get killed.
The drunks will be killed because alcohol is prohibited by islam, which we fail to stop because we're too liberal.
We're like the North American aborigines (amerindians) when the Europeans showed up. Some of us welcome the invaders because the invaders disrupt the other locals that have been a source of petty disagreements. It was tribe against tribe, using Europeans as a weapon. Now it's liberals against conservatives, using muslims as a weapon. Things turned out kind of badly for all tribes, just as things will turn out badly for all of us, liberals included.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @07:55PM
(Score:-1, Retarded)