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npteljeslast Saturday at 11:42 AM1 replyview on HN

1. Not specific to the Dutch at all. Worldwide practice.

2. These are also human traits! Maybe not so much humane traits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_culling


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paganellast Saturday at 3:56 PM

> Worldwide practice.

For sure we don't do that sociopathic thing here in Romania. Ok, I get it, the regulations were set in stone, but after shredding (again, what the flying fuck?!?!) the first animal hasn't any of those Dutch employees just stopped and ask themselves: "What the hell are we doing here?". It certainly explains Anne Frank, after all she was violating the regulations that were in place back then in that desolate and sad country.

> 2. These are also human traits! Maybe not so much humane traits.

We're talking about mammals here. Not that what happens with chicks is the correct way to do it, and God knows we deserve everything that comes our way as a species for doing that, but there are degrees in all this madness.

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