(May 28, 2014 at 4:14 pm)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: Anyone here know of good arguments against the notion that eating animals is unethical? Why exactly is it ok to cage a cow its whole life, slaughter it, and then eat it but it's not ok to cage a human its whole life, slaughter it, and eat it? What exactly is the difference that makes the former ethical but the latter unethical?
If your only argument is "Duhhhh cow tasty!" then please leave. Serious arguments only please.
Vegetarianism is a luxury afforded by our relative position in the food chain as a result of our ability to manipulate our immediate environment through technology. If the world as we know it ended tomorrow and the only thing left to eat was cow, all the vegetarians, pescetarians and vegans would either be in the line with the rest of us waiting for a slice of bovine-inna-bun or dead-inna-ditch from starvation.
Charity is the prerogative of the better-off, it's a vulgar display of smug superiority, IMO.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
