[babyface00]

The issue isn't the manner in which pigs are treated.

The issue is forcing farmers to do so by law.

If this is the "right thing to do", then farmers, by and large, wouldn't have to be forced to do it and wouldn't have to be fined for not doing so.

[thulldud]

If this is the "right thing to do", then farmers, by and large, wouldn't have to be forced to do it and wouldn't have to be fined for not doing so.

If the Euroweenies understood that, there would be no socialism in the EU. You fail to realize that socialists, since they themselves don't do anything right unless they're forced, assume that everybody else must be forced as well. Combine that with the arrogance which makes a Brussels desk-jockey think he knows more about pig-farming than the guy out there in the mud, and you get all sorts of fun.

As smart as pigs are, they would do better having them fly the desks in Brussels.

[mg39]

"If this is the "right thing to do", then farmers, by and large, wouldn't have to be forced to do it and wouldn't have to be fined for not doing so."

Nonsense! People cut corners all the time to save money, and it happens frequently when the victims of their greed are animals (or children, or others unable to speak up for themselves). When animals are neglected or treated inhumanely -- and that's a massive problem that is not being voluntarily addressed by producers -- it's time for the law to step in and protect them.