A controversial artist who planned to allow three piglets to starve as part of an exhibition to raise awareness of the mass meat production processes has had to close the show after the animals were stolen.
I’m torn here. One person is forcing 3 piglets to starve, which is evil, to bring attention to a practice that allows tens of thousands of piglets to starve, which is also evil. The potentially 3 dead piglets get the attention the artist wanted, and someone intervened to stop it. Now we’re criticizing the artist, and no one is intervening to stop the starvation of tens of thousands of other piglets. I feel like the point was missed, especially in this comment thread.
Agree. It’s a horrible act to draw attention to a horrible act millions of magnitudes larger. I don’t get how one could be angry at this and not angry at its more widespread equivalent.
I’m torn here. One person is forcing 3 piglets to starve, which is evil, to bring attention to a practice that allows tens of thousands of piglets to starve, which is also evil. The potentially 3 dead piglets get the attention the artist wanted, and someone intervened to stop it. Now we’re criticizing the artist, and no one is intervening to stop the starvation of tens of thousands of other piglets. I feel like the point was missed, especially in this comment thread.
Agree. It’s a horrible act to draw attention to a horrible act millions of magnitudes larger. I don’t get how one could be angry at this and not angry at its more widespread equivalent.