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Can any moral issue be ignored by calling it a "cultural thing"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod
by JeremyBanks 8y ago
Can any moral issue be ignored by calling it a "cultural thing"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_intelligence
- driven20 8y agoI mean if you eat chickens...You're supporting the practice of throwing male chicks into the blender.
- JeremyBanks 8y agoYes, and that's not even the tip of the iceberg. I do still eat chicken, but I recognize it as a personal moral failing and point of shame. The fact that I come from a culture where it is normalized explains my behaviour, but doesn't absolve my responsibility. Making a show of torturing the animal in front of the customer is particularly abhorrent.
- true_religion 8y agoI am not sure why this is a show of torture. The squid is quite dead before it reaches the table. It's basically being used as a marionette by chemical signals, but still quite dead---hence calling it a "zombie".