Out of Pod Experience

To be safe, count all links as not kid safe.

Like most people i read the news more or less every day.

Granted being Norwegian, and Norway seeming to be more obsessed about talking about the latest top blogger or what kind of food makes you fat i guess im more sheltered from the "disturbing" news articles that others might see on a daily basis.
But even then, i see an article about someone getting killed, i read it, shake my head and wonder what makes someone do things like that, close it and stop thinking about it.
Not sure if that makes me a bad human being, or if its just that i have gotten so used to seeing things like this both trough the news, movies, tv shows, books, magazines that it simply dosent strike me as "odd" anymore.

But sometimes there are articles that makes me read them, even tho if i know just from the headline that it will make me feel sick and angry and wanting to..well..do not so nice things to people. Now im also realistic enough to know that news papers have to get sales, so of course there is a big chance that they exaggerate the article to get reactions, but still knowing that...

Anyway, here is a link to the article and video, that i did not manage to force my self to watch(strong pictures) and for the English speakers i will do a quick summary.
Basically they tie down the rabbits by the paws, rip the fur off while they are still alive, put them back in their crates and repeat the procedure every few months for a couple of years at which point the animal gets put down.

Here is the weird thing, while im strongly opposed to animal cruelty, im a meat eater (give me a salad and i will look at you like your mad), i wear leather, drink milk and use other dairy products more or less every day, and grew up on a farm and dident even have to be explained that at some point the animals would be sent to the slaughter house.
Basically, i feel that there is a need for most of the things we do get from animals, meat, coat or whatever, but still i get furious when i see things like this.
This picture actually describes my feelings pretty well.

So here is the point of this thread.

First off im sure that someone would love to try and figure out why i react so strongly on one thing that many will think is "less" bad because its "just an animal", so for the people that enjoy playing psychologists have fun

Second, is there something that triggers you and makes you wonder why you keep watching/reading the news every day knowing that there is a high chance you will see something that upsets you?

And yes, im also aware that this might turn into a "animal hater against animal lover"...discussion, and if that happens, i apologize to the mods right away since i know those discussions can become pretty heated rather fast.

PS. Its 2.30 in the morning, and i felt a need to rant

As I see it, death, sufffer and bad things are a part of the universe. They happen continuously without human intervention and too often beyond human control.

But that doesn't entitles us to not avoid them as far as we can, because we're human, and we human are the ony moral thing we know in the universe.

We are the only ones who can consider that certain things are wrong, and as such we are to judge and act, specially if there's other humans involved.

Of course, being moral it's a tricky thing...

Let's look at a heated debate currently ongoing here in Spain: should the border fence between Melilla (a Spanish city in northern Africa) and Morocco have barbed wire on top?

Military barb wire, with blades, used to be on top of the fence, was removed, and now has been put back. Many voices deem that it's unhuman to use it, as illegal immigrants jumping over the fence may wound themselves with the blades, and actually some are known to have been arrested in Melilla still bleeding from little wounds caused by the barbed wire. Mind also that those ilegal inmigrants are 90% black African, and the rest are mostly Moroccan and other fair-skinned African.

The reactions are, well, funny. Specially if you enjoy surrealism and are aware that we're talking about Spain.

Some are blaming the Government for being cruel. The President hasn't stated anything, just he has asked for a report on wether the barb wire is dangerous and/or inhuman (no kidding). The Attorney General(?) has ordered that it must be removed as it's contrary to human rights. Police forces state that, well, the fence is not to be jumped, and the barb wire has effectively diminished the attempts to jump over it. Conservatives are mocking on the "efforts" to let illegal immigrants enter our country and the EU unharmed when they trespass ilegally the border. Liberals are openly accusing the Government and the police forces of racism and stating that if the inmigrants weren't mostly black, there wouldn't be barb wire to stop them. Et cetera, et cetera...

I've said it before (probably elsewhere) and I'll say it again.

Our "civilization" is living in its end-time.

Things will get worse before The End.

Then, it'll become really bad.

I agree, this "kockout" game can end fatal!

as terrible as the world seems today...it eases my mind a little bit to know that, despite what we constantly see and read on the news, we actually live, right now, in the most peaceful time humanity has EVER known. fewer wars, fewer crimes and fewer atrocious behaviors per capita than at any point in recorded history.

it seems far worse than it is because bad **** is all you see on tv or read in the papers. because good news does not sell. never has. so all the worst of humanity comes out in the media. because that's what garners the attention. that's what makes the money.

yeah, the moron who assaults someone else just for the fun of it getting shot I couldnt care less about.

And to those saying nature is cruel and death is natural and such, there is nothing natural about the bio industry

I agree with the sentiment, but going around pretending all is well while wearing rose-colored glasses never, ever solved anything.

Yeah this was featured in our local news (Tasmania, Australia) today in fact. There's even been some incidents of it taking place here and police are fearful this 'game' is catching on internationally.

I can empathize with the OP. One of my jobs is at our local court, the other in a prison psyche hospital, so I get the joys of listening to stuff that makes me feel sick on an almost daily basis. Having two daughters myself it's the kid stuff that upsets me the most.

It's my job, so I don't really have a choice to not read/listen to these things (in fact I'm usually face to face with the **** who did it and have to be polite and professional). But if I did have a choice I think I'd still want to know. Just like you "can't fix stupid" you cannot stop these human cycles. There will always be animal cruelty, sadly, will always be murders, rapes, thieves and pedos. You can either switch off from this and pretend it doesn't happen, or you can read/listen and educate yourself.

Since I want to be able to impart the best life-education I can to my girls I choose to read about these things and listen, instead of turn the page or walk out.

Oh trust me, there is way more ****** up **** out there. Take a trip to 4chan and you'll see!

Indeed. But back in the day, you and I had no knowledge about what some sick **** on the other side of the globe was doing.

Now, because of the interwebz, it's common knowledge within minutes.

So, it's not so much about rose-colored glasses, as I don't need to know.

Ignorance is bliss, and all that.