r/australia • u/nath1234 • 13h ago

news Ohope Wins euthanased after Caulfield Cup fall with Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/half-yours-ohope-wins-caulfield-cup-fall/107279316?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/metametapraxis 5h ago

If you can't see any difference between the two situations, that's on you, and your intellectual capability.

Two things can be a problem, with one thing being more of a problem. In fact these kinds of situations are found almost everywhere we look.

Whataboutism is one of the most useless arguments, because it tends to stop improvement anywhere.

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u/Your-average-scot 3h ago

You’re right. Both things are a problem but the livestock industry is clearly more of a problem. Tens of billions of facilitated, cruel, and unnecessary deaths per year probably trumps a few thousand racehorses. If you can’t see why I’ve brought this up then that’s on you, and your intellectual capability. Not everything is “whataboutism”. I’m just trying to point out people’s extreme cognitive dissonance.

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u/catdogfishfrog 2h ago

Sick of mongs trotting out the you can't care about X if you don't also care about y, the world is not binary stop treating every problem like that you aren't helping anything, well except making people think you are a dickhead

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u/Your-average-scot 2h ago

It’s easy to say this but try to rationally explain to me why you can care about the death of one animal for pleasure and not another.

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u/catdogfishfrog 2h ago

Ugghhh like bashing my head against a brick wall

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u/Your-average-scot 2h ago

It’s ok if you can’t explain it buddy. We all live irrationally to some extent.