RE: About vegans
October 3, 2018 at 4:10 am
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2018 at 4:12 am by bennyboy.)
(February 26, 2018 at 11:19 am)Khemikal Wrote: Was the suffering I would feel by being forced to live off rabbit chow while reading your brilliant objections....to eating...... calculated into that end result?
If a predator suffers by not being able to engage in predation, which suffering counts? There are plenty of predatory activities I can think of where the suffering of the prey would receive far more weight than that of the predator-- i.e. all human crimes. Robbers suffer from a lack of funds (maybe even food and shelter). Rapists suffer blue balls perhaps.
I'm not arguing against meat eating, but I think the conflation of a desire for yum with a desire not to be shot through the heart and eaten isn't a particularly good one.
Anyway, the truth is simple enough-- "I care more about the eating of the food than the death of the animal from which I get it, so I will eat the food." You don't really need a metric at all unless you are Sam Harris.
(October 2, 2018 at 4:57 pm)Aegon Wrote:(March 6, 2018 at 12:24 pm)Aegon Wrote: I've slowly progressed toward vegetarianism. I've cut out red meat, and I only eat meat (chicken) for dinner a few times a week. It's just so easy to grill up some chicken though, I doubt I'll ever be strict about bot eating it. I do think it is healthier getting my protein from other sources though. Maybe I'm wrong. Whatever.
I need to look more into vegetarian meals and options before I decide.
Update: I've been pescetarian for a while now. Cant give up shrimp
How about lobsters?
