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Apple tree can "feel" pain when apple falls off too. I am not a vegan (pretty far from it) but I still can't bring myself to eat mussel or scallops because I fe
by volaski 11y ago
Apple tree can "feel" pain when apple falls off too. I am not a vegan (pretty far from it) but I still can't bring myself to eat mussel or scallops because I feel bad and cruel for eating the whole thing. Yeah so that guy can say whatever and rationalize to himself that it's ethical, but they won't be "ethical" to many other people's eyes (including myself who eats meat). It's stupid to try to prove whether something is "ethical" or not in the first place. "Ethics" is a social contract and naturally subjective, it's like trying to "prove" that God exists--stupid.
- mrob 11y agoUnlike mussels and oysters, scallops can swim, and scallops have simple eyes, so the same argument doesn't apply for scallops.
- volaski 11y agohaha holy shit i had no idea. Anyway, i can't eat any of them, it just feels too cruel. I know i know it's weird coming from an otherwise meat eater, but that's exactly my point, it's totally fine to feel certain way but it's just a feeling and it's arrogant to think that it can be "proven" to be universal. It's like some french people who eat fois gras judging some asian people for eating dogs and vice versa. Personally I feel they're both cruel but I don't try to "prove" them, it's just my own feeling. Everyone has their own way of living depending on their culture. There's no problem with vegans eating oysters, the problem is when he thinks he can prove that it's ethical.