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How about because I don't see humans eating meat as any worse than any other animal eating meat? I'm sure the mouse one of my previous cats ate was in excrucia

by CM30 11y ago

How about because I don't see humans eating meat as any worse than any other animal eating meat? I'm sure the mouse one of my previous cats ate was in excruciating pain when it died. But that's life, it's called predation. See no reason humans should try and be 'different' to the rest of nature. The whole artificial 'divide' between humanity and nature is just strange to me. I enjoy eating meat, I see it as perfectly natural, and frankly, I don't give a damn how the cow feels as its being slaughtered.

cryodesign 11y ago
You are not a cat and carnivores kill and hunt their prey without using tools or factory farms and eat raw meat. Can you can kill a cow with your bare hands and teeth and eat it raw while the flesh is still bloody and warm? Maybe you can, but would you enjoy it? In the past we used to hunt and raise our own animals, because of scarce resources, we needed it to survive. Now most of us don't need it anymore, because we have access to better and more ethical alternatives- it's called progress. And what about compassion towards non-human animals who have to suffer just to please your taste buds. How does watching the below make you feel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7Ega_TpZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7Ega_TpZE (can you face the reality of factory farming - ~6min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLDK7zjzF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLDK7zjzF8 (Little girl finding out what meat is - ~2min) Do you agree with the practices that are carried out in factory farms and slaughter houses, where pigs are being skinned or boiled alive for example? Are you ok with the ecological damage that is caused by the large scale meat industry? And I encourage you to watch the documentary Earthlings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50iRI85Z3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50iRI85Z3U and let me know your thoughts after watching it. If you raise, kill and slaughter your own animals, then ignore the above. edit: formatting
- undersuit 11y ago
  So I can't eat meat because I don't possess the sharp canines and claws of a feline? Should I go around the forest telling tool using animals that they can't eat termites and ants unless they have the natural adaptations of an anteater?
  - cryodesign 11y ago
    CM30 was comparing him/herself to carnivores, so I was asking whether s/he can act like one. And those forest animals of yours need meat to survive. We don't anymore. We have progressed to a stage where we can perfectly survive on a 100% plant based diet, but yet we chose to support an oppressive system that enslaves and kills sentient beings and along the way is destructive on so many other levels (see my original post) - nothing 'natural' about that. CM30 was basically saying that s/he enjoys meat, i.e. it tastes good and doesn't give a sh*t about the well-being of other sentient beings, a very selfish attitude if you ask me. Please watch those videos I posted and tell me you're ok with what is shown.

by CM30 11y ago

cryodesign 11y ago

You are not a cat and carnivores kill and hunt their prey without using tools or factory farms and eat raw meat. Can you can kill a cow with your bare hands and teeth and eat it raw while the flesh is still bloody and warm? Maybe you can, but would you enjoy it? In the past we used to hunt and raise our own animals, because of scarce resources, we needed it to survive. Now most of us don't need it anymore, because we have access to better and more ethical alternatives- it's called progress. And what about compassion towards non-human animals who have to suffer just to please your taste buds. How does watching the below make you feel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7Ega_TpZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7Ega_TpZE (can you face the reality of factory farming - ~6min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLDK7zjzF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLDK7zjzF8 (Little girl finding out what meat is - ~2min) Do you agree with the practices that are carried out in factory farms and slaughter houses, where pigs are being skinned or boiled alive for example? Are you ok with the ecological damage that is caused by the large scale meat industry? And I encourage you to watch the documentary Earthlings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50iRI85Z3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50iRI85Z3U and let me know your thoughts after watching it. If you raise, kill and slaughter your own animals, then ignore the above. edit: formatting

undersuit 11y ago
So I can't eat meat because I don't possess the sharp canines and claws of a feline? Should I go around the forest telling tool using animals that they can't eat termites and ants unless they have the natural adaptations of an anteater?
- cryodesign 11y ago
  CM30 was comparing him/herself to carnivores, so I was asking whether s/he can act like one. And those forest animals of yours need meat to survive. We don't anymore. We have progressed to a stage where we can perfectly survive on a 100% plant based diet, but yet we chose to support an oppressive system that enslaves and kills sentient beings and along the way is destructive on so many other levels (see my original post) - nothing 'natural' about that. CM30 was basically saying that s/he enjoys meat, i.e. it tastes good and doesn't give a sh*t about the well-being of other sentient beings, a very selfish attitude if you ask me. Please watch those videos I posted and tell me you're ok with what is shown.