I apologize in advance for ruining your Monday morning; you might want to skip over this video of halal methods of slaughter. It's bloody, explicit, and distressing.
Of course, if you can't bear to watch it (which is entirely reasonable — I don't get into it, either), and yet you do eat meat, maybe you should try thinking a little more deeply about what you are implicitly supporting. I'm not a vegetarian myself, but I'm finding myself avoiding meat more and more often…I should probably just make the break and at least cut all red meat out of the diet. Videos like the one above do make that decision a little easier.
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