Episode 49 - Misrepresenting the Issues and Shutting Down Debate

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This week's episode sees Stevie and Luc saunter into the abolition-welfare debate, giving their sixty cents-worth.  They also discuss another (possibly sexist) PETA ad, and the pig farmer who was allegedly eaten by his own pigs.  It's also the seventh of October, not the eighth.


Sources

AR101

• The Abolition-Welfare Debate
• James McWilliams' original piece, 'Vegan Feud', in Slate
• Columbia University Press Blog summary
• Gary Francione's response to McWilliams' article
• Melanie Joy's post in One Green Planet
• My Face is on Fire (Part 1)
• My Face is on Fire (Part 2)

News

• PETA's new ad (See image below)
• Farmer eaten by pigs
• Slate article with stats
• Guardian article
• Australian agriculture death statistics 

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