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are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?

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are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
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RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
May 23, 2013 at 8:21 am
(May 23, 2013 at 5:57 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Our ethics here come from our empathy. We know animals suffer like we do. Therefore we can't justify causing them suffering without good reason. Modern food production has removed us from that choice pretty much. We don't see it, so it didn't happen.
That's the age-old "out of sight, out of mind". A lot of people don't realize or don't think much of the lengths of production that went into a slab of steak in the grocery store.
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RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat? - by Sal - May 23, 2013 at 8:21 am

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