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RE: Steak
October 6, 2012 at 12:32 pm
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(October 6, 2012 at 12:08 pm)whateverist Wrote: I will have no saliva left in my mouth after reading this thread.
I can cure this.
... Yeah, I'm still hungry.
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RE: Steak
October 6, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Breakfast time. But what to have? Wait, I know....
Steak!
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RE: Steak
October 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm
This conversation has raised some issues that I've never been able to fully get out of.
1. Why is it less immoral (or not immoral at all) to kill an animal than a human for food?
And in response to the usual answers I hear:
2. If it's because "they're not human" then why is that a good justification? Why draw the line at humans?
3. If it's because "they're less intelligent" then why is that a good justification?
I'm not a vegetarian at all, but I don't think I've heard an argument for animal killing and eating that doesn't seem arbitrary, hypocritical, and doesn't reek of special pleading.
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