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<blockquote data-quote="AdamG" data-source="post: 190259" data-attributes="member: 34940"><p>I think what you're saying is 'nobody's perfect' which as a statement I agree with. </p><p></p><p>But there is a huge difference between making mistakes through ignorance but being willing to learn, rectify them and embrace accountability compared to wilfully repeating mistakes to add viewers and subscribers at the cost of your animals' safety and comfort.</p><p></p><p>And that's the key element to consider here. There are animals in play here. </p><p></p><p>I personally agree with accountability in all walks of life and one of the things sure to annoy the hell out of me is an attempt to absolve openly crappy behaviour by using whataboutery to say others may behave the same when the camera is off.</p><p></p><p>There's an integrity at play here. Any of the decent content creators could add to their subscribers by following the Exotics Lair model of sensationalism at the cost of their animals' comfort. They make a conscious choice not to. That's integrity. </p><p></p><p>There's a weird cult of personality on YouTube where people support their favourite Youtubers like they are a sports team. The zealotry is on a similar level.</p><p></p><p>If you can try and absolve a guy like Exotics Lair who drowned a tarantula in chemicals for views after feigning concern and badly researching tarantula euthanasia (one handed of course) then you're a step away from defending him in the comments section as a good keeper when the evidence suggests otherwise.</p><p></p><p>There's plenty of entertaining channels that don't demonise, antagonise and at worst display cruelty to liviny creatures. Your life will not be ruined by acknowledging the differences in those content creators rather than trying to say 'they're all the same' against reams of evidence to the contrary. </p><p></p><p>I give credit to Exotics Lair for bringing eyes to the hobby, nothing more. I just hope the eyes he brings are perceptive enough to see the wrong doing and evolve away from his brand of sensationalist, animal risking nonsense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamG, post: 190259, member: 34940"] I think what you're saying is 'nobody's perfect' which as a statement I agree with. But there is a huge difference between making mistakes through ignorance but being willing to learn, rectify them and embrace accountability compared to wilfully repeating mistakes to add viewers and subscribers at the cost of your animals' safety and comfort. And that's the key element to consider here. There are animals in play here. I personally agree with accountability in all walks of life and one of the things sure to annoy the hell out of me is an attempt to absolve openly crappy behaviour by using whataboutery to say others may behave the same when the camera is off. There's an integrity at play here. Any of the decent content creators could add to their subscribers by following the Exotics Lair model of sensationalism at the cost of their animals' comfort. They make a conscious choice not to. That's integrity. There's a weird cult of personality on YouTube where people support their favourite Youtubers like they are a sports team. The zealotry is on a similar level. If you can try and absolve a guy like Exotics Lair who drowned a tarantula in chemicals for views after feigning concern and badly researching tarantula euthanasia (one handed of course) then you're a step away from defending him in the comments section as a good keeper when the evidence suggests otherwise. There's plenty of entertaining channels that don't demonise, antagonise and at worst display cruelty to liviny creatures. Your life will not be ruined by acknowledging the differences in those content creators rather than trying to say 'they're all the same' against reams of evidence to the contrary. I give credit to Exotics Lair for bringing eyes to the hobby, nothing more. I just hope the eyes he brings are perceptive enough to see the wrong doing and evolve away from his brand of sensationalist, animal risking nonsense. [/QUOTE]
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