Activist: "You're killing innocent animals."
Farmer: "I am."
Activist: "That's cruel."
Farmer: "Is it? They live outside, eat fresh grass, never know a predator, receive veterinary care, and die instantly without seeing it coming."
Activist: "But you kill them."
Farmer: "Once. After 18 months of comfortable life."
Activist: "They deserve to live."
Farmer: "They do live. Better than their wild ancestors who died of starvation, disease, or being eaten alive by wolves."
Activist: "At least that's natural."
Farmer: "Natural death is being disemboweled while conscious. My cattle get a bolt gun they never see. Which would you choose?"
Activist: "That's not the point."
Farmer: "That's entirely the point. You're romanticizing brutal deaths while condemning quick ones."