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Some pigs register test for higher intelligence than dogs, but yet we eat those. Cows and chickens seem to feel pain as well. Where should we draw the line abou

Some pigs register test for higher intelligence than dogs, but yet we eat those. Cows and chickens seem to feel pain as well. Where should we draw the line about which animals we eat and which we don't?

lstodd 5y ago
It's not like dogs are not eaten. cf Korea.
ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Do you think most city dwelling office workers in the first world would eat steak if they had to kill and butcher a cow themselves? I hazard a guess that half would faint at the sight of blood. We have this meat industry that gides away all the nasty bits and we just get ouece of meat iwrapped in plastic. I have. No accusations against farmers doing what they have to do, but in the first world cities we have one grand hypocrisy
- goatlover 5y ago
  As opposed to a villager going to a butcher to get their meat? Are we going to argue it's only moral to eat meat if you kill and butcher it yourself? Even the butcher probably isn't killing the animal. They're getting the carcass delivered to them.
  - ClumsyPilot 5y ago
    "Are we going to argue it's only moral to eat meat if you kill and butcher it yourself?" Not quite - if you've never done it, but you defend eating meat, you dont know what you are talking about and shouls not be taken seriously
sweetheart 5y ago
Millions of people draw the line at animals in general: vegans. We don't need to gerrymander the tree of life into edible and non-edible animals and pretend we have rational for the delineations if we just stop eating animals. Folks in developed countries don't need to eat animals to survive, so why bother? In the best case it allows us to eat some foods that taste unique and different, worst case it propagates unbelievable suffering amongst those we choose to eat.
- Bud 5y ago
  I see what you are trying to say, but this isn't what "gerrymander" means.
  - sweetheart 5y ago
    I know :) But its a useful visual metaphor

lstodd 5y ago

It's not like dogs are not eaten. cf Korea.

ClumsyPilot 5y ago

Do you think most city dwelling office workers in the first world would eat steak if they had to kill and butcher a cow themselves? I hazard a guess that half would faint at the sight of blood. We have this meat industry that gides away all the nasty bits and we just get ouece of meat iwrapped in plastic. I have. No accusations against farmers doing what they have to do, but in the first world cities we have one grand hypocrisy

goatlover 5y ago
As opposed to a villager going to a butcher to get their meat? Are we going to argue it's only moral to eat meat if you kill and butcher it yourself? Even the butcher probably isn't killing the animal. They're getting the carcass delivered to them.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago
  "Are we going to argue it's only moral to eat meat if you kill and butcher it yourself?" Not quite - if you've never done it, but you defend eating meat, you dont know what you are talking about and shouls not be taken seriously

sweetheart 5y ago

Millions of people draw the line at animals in general: vegans. We don't need to gerrymander the tree of life into edible and non-edible animals and pretend we have rational for the delineations if we just stop eating animals. Folks in developed countries don't need to eat animals to survive, so why bother? In the best case it allows us to eat some foods that taste unique and different, worst case it propagates unbelievable suffering amongst those we choose to eat.

Bud 5y ago
I see what you are trying to say, but this isn't what "gerrymander" means.
- sweetheart 5y ago
  I know :) But its a useful visual metaphor