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"it's really none of my business what others chose to ingest, be it meat, veggies, heroin" I agree, with the caveat that what they ingest should inflict minima
by rflrob 16y ago
"it's really none of my business what others chose to ingest, be it meat, veggies, heroin"
I agree, with the caveat that what they ingest should inflict minimal harm on the rest of society. I would be equally in favor of government measures to reduce red meat consumption and measures to reduce emissions from a coal-fired power plant. I'm skeptical that the best thing in either case is to ban the emitting entity outright.
PETA is a wacky fringe group, but for nearly any position one can imagine a sane person supporting, there are also wacky fringe groups supporting that same position.
- burgerbrain 16y ago>I agree, with the caveat See, that caveat is where the problem is. Why you may keep it reasonable, many many others decide to make it their personal crusade to tell others what to do. The hostility that vegans feel from your average generic food eater is almost always backlash from people turning what others eat for dinner into a political issue.
- lukeschlather 16y agoCats, dogs, horses, pigs, dolphins, whales, people. I mean, at some point along that list everyone's going to agree that what others eat for dinner is reasonably a political issue.
- burgerbrain 16y agoWhat other people ingest in the privacy of their own home is never a political issue.
- ugh 16y agoAt least when it comes to cannibalism most people seem to agree that it is a political issue. Most people would probably also agree that eating monkeys or dolphins (or rather killing monkeys or dolphins with the intent of eating them) should be illegal. There is also a pretty wide consensus that endangered species like whales shouldn’t be killed and consequently cannot be eaten. It seems like most people don’t agree with you, most people are comfortable drawing some lines with respect to what people should and shouldn’t be allowed to eat. Your comment is not in any way self-evident and needs to be backed by an actual argument.
- burgerbrain 16y ago>cannibalism So long as it's done between two consenting adults, I can't figure out why cannibalism would be any of my business. >Most people would probably also agree that eating monkeys or dolphins (or rather killing monkeys or dolphins with the intent of eating them) should be illegal. Hell if I know why. Fundamentally no different than any other animal. >There is also a pretty wide consensus that endangered species like whales shouldn’t be killed and consequently cannot be eaten. Hardly an issue with the farm raised meat most people content themselves with.
- sbov 16y agoThe government should do a study on the most environmentally friendly, and healthy, form of nutrition, even if its a tasteless white paste. Then produce that. For the good of society, everything else should be heavily taxed, whether its red meat or a tofu burger.