> Yes but dignity is usually related to respect and honor. When was the last time you killed and ate something out of respect? I don't kill what I eat, but mos

> Yes but dignity is usually related to respect and honor. When was the last time you killed and ate something out of respect? I don't kill what I eat, but most communities and cultures where this is a regular occurrence have long traditions of respecting the animals being sacrificed. One form of respect is to minimize the animal's suffering (both when it's raised and when it's killed), another is to use all parts of it, another is to not have an unfair advantage when hunting it, and so on. It's not one dimensional. One of my all-time favourite comments on HN deals with this beautifully: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12655610 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12655610