SWA #8

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1. Scully encourages other Conservatives to put their strong dislike for certain animal-rights organizations to the side and to research animal cruelty themselves. Since Conservatives tend to stand up for moral standards, that animal-rights should be a Conservative cause. Scully also points out that in addition to discoursing moral standards, Conservatives also like to apply laws to situations. To speak to Conservatives on this cause, Scully highlights the wrongs that are being done to animals in our country. He specifically focuses on factory farming and the cruelty of it. Using specific examples, he describes certain situations, intending to stir emotion in readers (especially Conservatives), and inviting them to support the cause because it is battle of morals.
3. I believe that Scully is an animal rights supporter, but not a vegetarian. He believes that yes, animals are meant to be apart of our daily eating habits. However, the way in which they are prepared for people to eat is what bothers him. He states that "little wrongs, left unattended, can grow and spread to become grave wrongs, and preciesly this had happened on our factory farms." He believes that this issue has evolved into a major problem and that the cruel, unfair slaughter of animals should be against the law.
Response to question on Homework section:
Scully does address other sides to this argument in his essay. He states that "it is not exactly true that liberals care more about these issues." He believes that people assume that it is a liberal cause because "the proper conservative position is to stand warily and firmly against them."