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A company figures out how to genetically engineer a new variant of cows that *love* being factory farmed. These cows feel deep joy from having calves taken away, standing in small stalls, being tagged, etc. The org offers to replace all normal cows in these conditions. This

Should be allowed
67.9%
Should not be allowed
32.1%

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7:28 AM · Jul 11, 2022

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R. Leon Noble for Oregon Governor 2022

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cows are already like this...

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Whoever has a problem with this will not do business with this company. The market will organically decide if this company stays in business.

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Let's do the same poll but with human slaves...

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Forgotten but relevant comic strip reference:

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If we are at this point technologically, we should be able to engineer fake beef that tastes just like the real one. No reason to keep destroying the planet.

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Normal cows aren’t exactly natural either, their wild ancestors are aggressive AF and will try to kill humans. In a way modern cows have already been modified via breeding to be more suitable to be famed, I don’t see the issue with further modifications. 🤷‍♂️

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Is this inspired by the cow that wants to be eaten in Douglas Adam's The Restaurant at the End of the Universe? remotestorage.blogspot.com/2010/07/dougla

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This is already allowed, we already did it

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How do they taste? If they taste like a small farm raised steer, sure. If they taste like sawdust, no.

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I guess there’s no ethical issue w this (?) but it might be cheaper & better to just transition to plant-based products anyway. This wouldn’t solve the environmental or health issues w dairy.