There was another video before the one with the kid laughing. It was military men gathered around their commander (or so I imagine). He was talking about survival and explaining how to kill a chicken and why it behaves certain ways (hanging it upside down and gently swinging it relaxes it etc).
The only real problem I had with that one is that it took the guy about 3 tries to remove the head from the body by stepping on the head and yanking the body. 3 tried is a bit much and I felt he should've used an axe.
But after thinking about the video and the conversation, it seemed to be about killing for food when tools are unavailable.
It was educational and not portrayed as a "game", so I took back my objections (though I still hated that it took him 3 tries... but in a real life survival situation, you truly might not get it right the first time).

As for the kid, I still think the parent was adding humor to make it less "traumatic". I've done simlar things with my own children though not to that degree. If raising and butchering chickens is a family's way of living, it would be hard to have a sqeamish kid.

But I agree that the one with the kid especially, shouldn't be put out there for the world to see. Especially when no one knows the story behind the video or the reasons for it.

I think what DreamingOfDreaming meant when she spoke of buying organic and directly from the farmers is that you're more assured of the quality and methods used. It's sort of like buying a dog from a Puppy Mill/pet store or directly from registered breeders with an impeccable record. With the one, you don't know of their methods but there's a general reputation of the animals being mistreated... with the other you have more assurances that the animals have always been loved and well treated.