Paul McCartney Narrates “If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls..”
Filed under: animals, food & drink — Michael d'Estries @ 4:26 pm
December 7th 2009
Hot on the heels of his hometown of London being named the most vegetarian-friendly city in the world, Paul McCartney has teamed up with PETA to narrate a new video on factory farming.
“I’ve often said that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian,” the legendary rocker opens the exposé.
The video offers a brutal and graphic view at what happens in slaughterhouses everyday around the world. Check it out below:
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sir paul – you are my true heroe! if everybody would be like you this world would be a paradise! so – the only thing i can do is to thank you so much for everything you do for these helpless innocent poor creatures! may god bless you and your wonderful family here and in heaven!!!
A Holiday Thought…
Aren’t humans amazing Animals? They kill wildlife – birds, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, beavers, groundhogs, mice and foxes by the million in order to protect their domestic animals and their feed.
Then they kill domestic animals by the billion and eat them. This in turn kills people by the million, because eating all those animals leads to degenerative – and fatal – - health conditions like heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and cancer.
So then humans spend billions of dollars torturing and killing millions of more animals to look for cures for these diseases.
Elsewhere, millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten domestic animals.
Meanwhile, few people recognize the absurdity of humans, who kill so easily and violently, and once a year send out cards praying for “Peace on Earth.”
~Revised Preface to Old MacDonald’s Factory Farm by C. David Coates~
Horrifying but absolutely truthful. Anyone who eats meat of any kind should at least see and acknowledge the terrible suffering they support. Everyone must make their own choices, but they should be informed choices. You can’t just close your eyes and open your mouth and think it doesn’t matter.
Great job, Paul. I know Linda is proud!
“Anyone who eats meat of any kind should at least see and acknowledge the terrible suffering they support. Everyone must make their own choices, but they should be informed choices.”
I couldn’t agree more. I think most people just have no idea what’s happening.
This isn’t a terribly well-thought out argument, especially considering the point they’re trying to make here doesn’t have anything to do with their supporting evidence. Throughout the video, it’s stated again and again “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian”, but this really doesn’t make much sense because assuming that watching something will discourage a particular behavior is unrealistic. As a counterexample, take the DARE anti-drug program they constantly push on kids in elementary schools. Students are told of the horrors of drugs and shown startling images which, while they are not as graphic as what is shown in this video, still have somewhat of a shock value. But just look at the rate of drug use in this country – a 2004 study conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that over 19.1 million people engage in the usage of illegal drugs, throwing the effectiveness of the entire program into question. The same methodology is being applied in this argument as well. This argument seems to rely heavily on this use of appeal to emotion – it is assumed that by flashing a few shocking images and providing statistics that are not even cited by a reputable source (an extensive search both on the page of the video and PETA’s site turned up nothing), the viewers are expected to completely change their lifestyles. In the later part of the video, they discuss the drawbacks of eating meat – even going as far to imply that eating meat causes climate change – but discuss none of the benefits and do not acknowledge the other side of the argument at all.
In addition, the fatal flaw is made of stereotyping the entire farming industry with the claims the video has made. True, they’ve shown some pretty revealing footage of abuse on these farms, but where did they even get this footage from? Are we to assume that they unbiasedly chose these farms at random and obtained the footage? They seem to be implying that this is happening everywhere, perhaps on a global scale, but how many different farms were even showcased in this video? They all seem to blend together after awhile and again, because they have not cited their sources, we have no idea what countries were visited. We have no idea if these factory farms are even in America! They also imply that because workers on factory farms are poorly paid and unmonitored, they are liable to get into trouble, but can you really apply this to all circumstances? Many people work with animals on a daily basis – be in a farming situation, at an animal shelter, or what have you – and are relatively unsupervised. Does this mean that they will abuse animals given the opportunity? This fails to take the individual into account and applies a very general rule to everybody. Finally, the gratuitous use of celebrity appeal makes the argument appear a little less than legitimate. Is their argument so inherently weak that they need Paul McCartney to speak for their cause and include random pictures of celebrities to prove their point?
While PETA’s intentions are noble, there are better ways to get your message across than relying on shock value alone.
JERK!
Thank you,
Family farmers are very compassionate about the animals they raise. Do not generalize that we are all evil. and I know my cows do not put out as much GHG in a year as your car which many drive to the store every other day does. If we really want to save the planet we need to stop driving our car every day and don’t keep our houses at 70 deg in the winter. And buy our meat locally from local farmers and local butchers. These prople know how to raise and butcher humanely.
So people who raise animals for the only purpose of killing them are actually compassionate with them?. You should look up the word “compassionate”. Who do you think you’re fooling?.
Although I do believe that it IS happening on a world-wide scale, even if it wasn’t and these were just isolated events, isn’t once enough? Isn’t 10 times enough? Isn’t 100 times enough? Isn’t 1,000 times enough? An animal should never, EVER be abused. Not even once. Think through your argument again and please stop being so ignorant.
Emily and Lisa: you’re putting quite a bit of energy into arguing against a PETA video on a celebrity-oriented internet blog. Instead, why not put that energy to use and write an essay, where you won’t simply come across as a random blog commentator; it’ll make you just a tad more credible
Horrifying scenes in dead, and the only reason for this is generating more and more human defecation around the globe. But, since we (” Humans” )are deep in to our addictions stacked in this 3-dimensional world of illusions, everything comes and goes easy for us – “Humans” We dare call our self human and gentile – polite when we reach fork and declare like one of the biggest invention of Man-kind. Fork…
sorry you can criticse the video all you like it doesnt take away the fact that
Meat IS a major contributor to global warming – FACT!
We dont have to eat meat to survive or steal milk from cows to gain nutarrients
Animals do suffer on these farms! They die for heavens sake! It doesnt matter if Mother Teresa took a job on these farms while alive and nursed them on their way to slaughter! So what if there are more “humane” farms – it’s like giving people soap and mood music on their way to the showers in Nazi death camps.
Animals feel pain and experience suffering imagine the fear an animal feels on its way to slaughter, the smell of blood, witness on any video of a slaughterhouse the resistance these animals show to moving – and then criticise. It doesnt matter whether Paul McCartney or Joe Bloggs from the street narrates this video the truth remains!
please give us a list of the facts that animals produce more GHG than cars….where is your source list?
“Stealing” milk for nutarrients (sic)!!!
“Nazi death camps”!!!!
Are you for real?!?! Get a grip. If you think that a slaughter house for animals is the same as a death camp employed by the Nazis I really feel sorry for you because you’re outlook is seriously fucked
I would like to thank a farmer and rancher today. For the FACT the word FACT is used so loosly these days but the FACT is i didn’t have to grow my owe food today. i didn’t have to milk, feed, clean a corral so I could have ceral today. I didn’t have to get up and gather the eggs, or harvest the pig for a very healthy breakfast today. Last night i had a great steak that was very nutritious. I didn’t have to raise that beef for 18 months risking the death and profits of my livelyhood. But i had a great steak. I love animals i understand what animals were created for. They were created to benifet man. Man is responible to care for all Gods creations for their use to man. I know farmers and ranchers are very good to their animals. The better the animals are treated the happier they are the happier they are the better they perform. I suggest you look up America’s Heartland and learn what American Farmers, Ranchers, processors, packers, transporters, are doing for you. We love you but any time you what to start raising your owe food we suggest you do because we love doing it and you will to.
Dustin
I own and operate a vegetarian/vegan food business where I make Primm Springs “Soysage” in Nashville, TN. Ironically, Tennessee is one of the largest sausage processing states. But, along comes Mary Alice with her little soysage business. I’ve been in business for 10 years. Little by little, I am converting meat eaters to a vegetarian diet. My slogan reads “Whole Hog Soysage…We keep the Hog WHOLE! Log on to FoodNetwork.com and click on “healthy eating”. Then type “Soysage” in the search bar and you can view a video of how my soysage is made. Thanks to Paul and so many others that use their powerful positions to get the word out how awful the animals are treated before they are so brutally killed.
okay first of all, im reading the comments here, and eating meat DOES NOT IN ANY WAY mean you support it, i eat meat but i find this COMPLETELY disgusting!! if you eat meat it does not mean you’r a terrible person, it’s just a life choice, people need to realise that no this is not right, but that in eating meat your a terrible person. guys chill out, i get that you hate animal abuse, i do too, but blaming people like me, who eat meat is not the answer. you want to make a change? stop pointing the fuckin’ finger and do something.
Two great books which are written by non- alarmist people are Eating Animals and Food Inc. Lots of research went into these books. I would like to see what you would think after that. There is a real problem in this country with meat consumption on every level. We must take our blinders off. And by the way, their is so much scientific evidence that animal products are bad for us and completely unnessesary. Please don’t get defensive and educate yourself.
Man can live fully healthy and survive by having only Vegetarian Foods…
But no…He doesnt want to live Only for Health…He wants to have meat Tastes in foods…
So what He will Do?
He will Kill innocent Animals and Creatures and Eat their Meat…
how Disgusting it is…that Man Kills Innocent Animals for his tongue n Stomach ..
Man like Cole who has commented above that being a meat eater is not horrible..
Cole ..U meat eaters are indeed horrible!
U contribute in those killings of innocent animals because U buy Meat and Eat Meat! Understand!!!
I was socked and amazed when a Muslim Preacher in India Mr Jakir Naik was validating ..the Eating of Meats..
he gives the reasons- Since We have canine teeth..God made us meat eaters n we r allowed to eat meat
Then He said some specific animals (Muslims call them Halal animals)
Have some special ammino acids which are very essential for Human body!
What d stupid Reasons That Muslim Preacher was Giving…Shame on him!
There are millions of People living healthy Lives only by having Vegetarian Foods..but these Meat eaters will always find some Reasons to Eat Meat…
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Where is PETA getting its facts? And how do workers getting payed low wages make them commit evil acts? Where are these shocking images being filmed? And why does it generalize that the farming industry is the animals boggy man? This campaign has as many holes in it as swiss cheese! And humans were designed to eat meat over the course of thousands of years so we could eat meat whether it is cooked or raw and grew teeth for grinding and chewing muscle and fat tissue, thats how evolutions works. This is an actual fact proven by Darwin. And anyone who says that meat causes global warming clearly needs to get some reliable sources, global warming has yet to be proven as major threat to mankind!
Im not saying I support animal abuse, what few farms that do do this need to be removed. Im sure if another species was at the top of the food chain wed be held in pens and slaughtered to….also ray croc is just an ironic blog psoting name for such a situation