Comments on: Voting on Issue 2 In Ohio http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:19:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Voting on Issue 2 In Ohio by: Bob M http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-134215 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:34:40 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-134215 People have got to know that something has to die for something to live! This didn't just happen yesterday! People have got to know that something has to die for something to live! This didn’t just happen yesterday!

]]> Comment on Voting on Issue 2 In Ohio by: KT http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-128057 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:14:11 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-128057 This makes me so ill. Way to go, Ohio! You just voted to perpeuate animal cruelty in factory farming. If anybody really cares, they should go vegan. It is Ohians only option to avoid animal cruelty in farmed animals. This makes me so ill. Way to go, Ohio! You just voted to perpeuate animal cruelty in factory farming. If anybody really cares, they should go vegan. It is Ohians only option to avoid animal cruelty in farmed animals.

]]> Comment on Voting on Issue 2 In Ohio by: Jumper http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-127745 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:51:49 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-127745 Fascinating post, thanks for covering it. I would agree with your position it they tried something like that in NC. There are a lot of hog farms and chicken processing places here. They have thus far resisted much regulation. Fascinating post, thanks for covering it. I would agree with your position it they tried something like that in NC.

There are a lot of hog farms and chicken processing places here. They have thus far resisted much regulation.

]]> Comment on Voting on Issue 2 In Ohio by: sgt pepper http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-127652 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:53:50 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-127652 "But - what are the ramifications if Issue 2 does not pass and the HSUS comes into our state and dictates to our family farmers how to run their farms?" That's not what happened at all. Consumers really are interested in animal welfare. They VOTED for the improvements of farm animal conditions in those states. HSUS or PETA didn't force anything on anyone. Just like they will vote to pass this ammendment, thinking it will improve animal welfare when really it is the opposite. Don't believe me that voters are interested in animal welfare? Well, Big Ag is well aware that they are--just look at the pro-animal language that this ammendment uses for proof. This is an unbelievably cynical use of the political system and manipulation of voters. “But - what are the ramifications if Issue 2 does not pass and the HSUS comes into our state and dictates to our family farmers how to run their farms?”

That’s not what happened at all. Consumers really are interested in animal welfare. They VOTED for the improvements of farm animal conditions in those states. HSUS or PETA didn’t force anything on anyone. Just like they will vote to pass this ammendment, thinking it will improve animal welfare when really it is the opposite. Don’t believe me that voters are interested in animal welfare? Well, Big Ag is well aware that they are–just look at the pro-animal language that this ammendment uses for proof. This is an unbelievably cynical use of the political system and manipulation of voters.

]]> Comment on Voting on Issue 2 In Ohio by: sgt pepper http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-127651 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:44:31 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2009/10/26/voting-on-issue-2-in-ohio/#comment-127651 Funny, I literally just popped over here to ask you if you would use your gifts as a writer to express your thoughts about issue 2 and there it is! The wording of the ammendment drives me insane. Anyone who looked at that for the first time would assume the change would be for the benefit of animal welfare, when the reality is that it is a reaction to what happened in other states where voters genuinely did cast ballots to ask for more humane conditions for poultry. In spite of what the ammendment passes itself off as, it essentially ensures that animal welfare cannot be improved on farms by legal action. Unfortunately, the ammendment is so deceiving (and cleverly written) and Big Ag has such a huge budget for advertising, that I have little doubt that this will pass. I am once again outraged and let down by the system because government policy will have been sold to the highest bidder once again. Funny, I literally just popped over here to ask you if you would use your gifts as a writer to express your thoughts about issue 2 and there it is!

The wording of the ammendment drives me insane. Anyone who looked at that for the first time would assume the change would be for the benefit of animal welfare, when the reality is that it is a reaction to what happened in other states where voters genuinely did cast ballots to ask for more humane conditions for poultry. In spite of what the ammendment passes itself off as, it essentially ensures that animal welfare cannot be improved on farms by legal action.

Unfortunately, the ammendment is so deceiving (and cleverly written) and Big Ag has such a huge budget for advertising, that I have little doubt that this will pass.

I am once again outraged and let down by the system because government policy will have been sold to the highest bidder once again.

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