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organicAnt  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How did you find yourself?

Thank you for joining in with some arguments for consuming animal products.

Can you explain why you think there's a sense of moral superiority to not wanting to kill animals? Yes, vegans still kill other forms of life which are believed not to be sentient. But even if they were sentient and felt pain, it takes a lot more plants to feed animals than to eat plants directly. The ratio is 10 to 1. So if one is sincerely concerned about reducing harm to plants, it'd still make more sense to eat plants than feeding them to animals in order to eat the animals.

Understood. No one likes preachers. Does this mean that you won't act if you ever come across some unfair cruelty which could be avoided? This is how animal rights activists feel. They see this humongous unfair cruelty going on and feel frustrated that it's taboo to even mention it unless asked. I understand that currently killing animals for food is a common thing and therefore everyone has the personal choice. Similarly in the past we've had attitudes such as slavery and female oppression, which today we find unacceptable. If no one ever stood up for the discrimination around them, things would never change. There'd be no history.

Yes, humans are capable of digesting meat but just because we can do something does it mean we should? Human teeth are definitely not predator teeth. Just compare your canines with those of a feline. Here's a full physical comparison:

In the past we've had to do plenty of things to survive which we don't do today. Also we didn't have science and an understanding of human dietary requirements. In an age when we know that we can live healthily without subjugating or killing other creatures, why should we choose to? Especially when animal farming is such a big contributor of green house gases causing climate change.

If you feel it's not morally wrong killing animals for human enjoyment, how do you feel about certain countries killing dogs or cats for meat? Can you see the biased emotional attachment that we have towards animals we have designated as pets and animals which we have placed outside of moral consideration?

Again, I think anyone is free to broadcast whatever they want, that's called free speech. You don't have to listen to them and you certainly don't have to reply, you can even block them online. However if everyone that has views that go against the status-quo, followed your advice and didn't speak up, things would never change. Have you asked yourself why is it that this subject upsets you?

Your video doesn't seem to work by the way, it says an error occurred. I'd love to see it, it sounds like a very interesting topic.