usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1275cross-posted to: creepywikipedia@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1275external-linkTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsen.wikipedia.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: creepywikipedia@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
minus-squareDarthFrodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoI wouldn’t say they’re equivalent. Obviously beating a fly isn’t as bad as beating a dog or a pig. But is beating a human much worse than beating a dog? For me it comes down to capacity to suffer I guess.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat’s much more reasonable. I think I’d agree.
I wouldn’t say they’re equivalent. Obviously beating a fly isn’t as bad as beating a dog or a pig. But is beating a human much worse than beating a dog? For me it comes down to capacity to suffer I guess.
That’s much more reasonable. I think I’d agree.