Rupert wrote:
>>>>>The main point of veganism is to boycott factory-farming,
>>>>>which
>>>>>causes
>>>>>animals to lead miserable lives.
>>>>
>>>>=======================
>>>>Problem for you is that vegans support massive fatory-farms,
>>>>fool. All mono-cultue crop production is factory-farming, and
>>>>it
>>>>kills large numbers of animals, directly and indirectly. The
>>>>only problem I see with Davis is that he only counts animals
>>>>that
>>>>are killed directly by crop farming. Your problem is that
>>>>many
>>>>more animals die per acre than are killed by machinery
>>>>operations. Many more die at the end of the season from
>>>>stavation and predation, because YOU forced their numbers to
>>>>an
>>>>unnaturally high level because of all the easy food and cover.
>>>>You then take it all away when their numbers are the greatest,
>>>>leaving them with nothing, killer. Too bad you're such a
>>>>blood-thirsty ghoul, eh fool?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>I think you'll find "factory-farming" usually refers to the
>>>intensive
>>>rearing of animals.
>>
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>>Only because you wish it to be.
>
> Ah no, actually I think it's a simple fact about the correct usage of
> words. But I could be wrong.

You are.

>>The fact remains that crop
>>production causes massive, very brutal, very inhumane deaths to
>>animals.
>
> I think on any reasonable assessment,

Based on what? Have you ever visited any livestock operation, either
intensive or small-scale?

> they're not nearly as inhumane as
> what is inflicted on animals by the factory-farming that I was talking
> about.

Based on what? Where have you learned so much about farming, much less
"factory" farming?