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		<title>By: easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;Useless eaters&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/03/17/horizontal-women-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-737851</link>
		<dc:creator>easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;Useless eaters&#8221;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Kelly</title>
		<link>http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/03/17/horizontal-women-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-736140</link>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Krista - It&#039;s interesting you mention it, as Masson refuted that justification for farrowing crates in the book. In nature, mother pigs build straw nests for their babies; in the event that they *do* &quot;roll onto&quot; a piglet (or a piglet&#039;s otherwise jostled about), the piglet simply slips through the loosely packed straw and finds his way back to the nest. 

On the other hand, if a mother pig rolls onto her youngster on a concrete floor, of course she&#039;ll crush the piglet. The solution isn&#039;t to crate her to floor, it&#039;s to give the family more natural surroundings - dirt floors, access to grass and hay, etc. (or, better yet, to not imprison them at all). 

To fault the pigs for their abusive situation and to claim you have to &quot;protect them&quot; from themselves - it&#039;s the height of victim blaming and arrogance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Krista &#8211; It&#8217;s interesting you mention it, as Masson refuted that justification for farrowing crates in the book. In nature, mother pigs build straw nests for their babies; in the event that they *do* &#8220;roll onto&#8221; a piglet (or a piglet&#8217;s otherwise jostled about), the piglet simply slips through the loosely packed straw and finds his way back to the nest. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if a mother pig rolls onto her youngster on a concrete floor, of course she&#8217;ll crush the piglet. The solution isn&#8217;t to crate her to floor, it&#8217;s to give the family more natural surroundings &#8211; dirt floors, access to grass and hay, etc. (or, better yet, to not imprison them at all). </p>
<p>To fault the pigs for their abusive situation and to claim you have to &#8220;protect them&#8221; from themselves &#8211; it&#8217;s the height of victim blaming and arrogance.</p>
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		<title>By: Krista</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krista</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I love how supporters of this certain type of cruelty are like, &quot;If we don&#039;t cage pigs like that they&#039;ll roll on top of their babies.&quot;  Umm?  GIVE THEM MORE ROOM!  Oh my goodness...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I love how supporters of this certain type of cruelty are like, &#8220;If we don&#8217;t cage pigs like that they&#8217;ll roll on top of their babies.&#8221;  Umm?  GIVE THEM MORE ROOM!  Oh my goodness&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Book Review: The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (2003)</title>
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		<dc:creator>easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Book Review: The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (2003)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Horizontal Women</title>
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		<dc:creator>easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Horizontal Women</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;A cow is so much like a woman&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>easyVegan.info &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;A cow is so much like a woman&#8221;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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