(August 22, 2011 at 12:10 am)theVOID Wrote:(August 21, 2011 at 11:57 pm)Skeptic Wrote: Well, such a society as we have now wouldn't exist without slavery, that's no reason to continue it.
That's plainly untrue, slavery was immorality indulged in by many nations over the history of mankind but it is no way a necessary foundation without which modern society would not exist, unlike the use of animals, it was the use of animal products, especially early agriculture, than was responsible for the survival of our species.
If you want a good example of how animals were necessary for the advancement of society - the difference between old world societies advancing SO far ahead of new world societies is...pack animals.