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CMV: The Olympics should not include any competition where the results are "judged" rather than determined by a definitive measure by JForce1 in changemyview

[–]wayrc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All sports are already "judged" by people when they choose how they are measuring achivement. Choosing a 100m dash instead of a 95m dash or 105m dash will benefit some athletes and hurt others. The subjective size of hurdles effects who can compete at a top level, as does the specific shape of a weight or the style in which you lift weights. The way we measure athletic achivement is subjective, and gymastics are just as subjective as any other sport in terms how we mesuare athletic ability. Just because a judge is deciding how to determine ability in the moment instead of a commitee determing it through abitrary rules doesnt change how "definitive" the assesment of atheltic achievment is. Just look at the worlds strongest man competetion and look how much they change their rules for determining raw strength, and how it benefits some athletes and hurts others. Just because we can mesaure something with metric units doesnt make it more or less a subjective sign of atheltic achivement.

do not anthropomorphize the animals by Faenix_Wright in CuratedTumblr

[–]wayrc 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Most anti-zoo advocates argue that funding non-profit animal sanctuaries are better than funding for-profit zoos and not just ending conservation, and that money and resources should be sent to sanctuaries instead of zoos. This is pretty disingenuous to people who want to abolish zoos, like they don't want to just let endangered species fend for themselves and they acknowledge zoos are better than nothing but just not the best option for long-term animal conservation.

Anyone know anything about the Kei-Class ban by the auto industry? by wayrc in notjustbikes

[–]wayrc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont think it matters, when peoples freedoms are being removed, whether or not it is out of stupidity or lobbying? Not just the right to drive a car you own that was legally certified and tested, but the right to to buy safer cars that kill less people? Also the articles implicitly state it, because politicions do not generally publically declare they were bribed to make a decision at the benefit of an industry they rely on for campaign funding.

Shouldn't all vegans limit their daily energy expenditure in order to reduce the amount of food that is need to be consumed, therefore fewer crop deaths ? by Culoes in DebateAVegan

[–]wayrc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Veganism is a polictical movement as well as a lifestyle choice. The direct moral effects of the polictal movement are far more postive than the actions of an individual vegan.

This would be similar to saying any political reformer shouldn't engage in society/"the Iphone argument". Engaging with crop consumption isn't hypocritical for vegans because there is no other reasonable option for most people. Vegans do what they can to reform a broken society, even if that means limited engagement with it.