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Pigs reach slaughter weight at about 6 months[0] and the lifetime of a domestic pig is 15 to 20 years. Their breeding age is 8+ months. So we kill them before
by drenvuk 5y ago
Pigs reach slaughter weight at about 6 months[0] and the lifetime of a domestic pig is 15 to 20 years. Their breeding age is 8+ months. So we kill them before they reach the prime of their life most of the time. Killing them at their prime might be less of a moral issue than what we do currently.
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- mapme 5y agoThat is an interesting comparison to other reasons why we kill animals, however, the point wasn’t a relative moral comparison to animal slaughter for food purposes but that it’s not zero cost morality wise to kill an animal in its prime.
- drenvuk 5y agoIt's not zero cost morality wise to kill anything at any point in their lifetime; from bacteria, to worms, to flies, to pigs each has its own weight on a person's conscience be it nil or hefty. I mean that. But a pig is not human so it's acceptable to me.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoWould you feel the same if cats were the only animal whose organs could be harvested?
- spoonjim 5y agoYes, I would be OK with killing any number of cats to save any human’s life.
- gambiting 5y agoAbsolutely - why wouldn't you? Serious question.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoIf you were the cat, I bet you'd feel differently. That's as serious of an answer as I can give. It's the same reason I never neutered my cats, since it felt like a mutilation.
- gambiting 5y agoYes, but if I were a cat I wouldn't lick my own anus and yet cats happily do that - my opinion on what I would or wouldn't like as a cat is not really relevant. My point is - we are not cats, and cats aren't humans. They deserve good treatment, respect and all the love they can get - but at the end of the day they are not humans and should not be treated as such.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoHow would you clean your anus if you were a cat? Suppose a cat had fingers, and basic language ability. Would you still feel the same way? Suppose we didn't slaughter the other five proto-human species (Neanderthals et al). Would you still feel the same way? The line gets blurrier the more you think it over.
- likeclockwork 5y agoI reject the notion that you can clean anything by licking it.
- throwaway946513 5y agoFriction and liquids? Seems pretty much like the wet wipe used to clean my countertop - only a different friction material, and a different liquid solvent.
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- thih9 5y ago> it's acceptable to me Your earlier comment mentioned morality without qualifiers; here you refer to your own morality; this seems more accurate. Note that there are people who refuse to eat or otherwise harm animals and they cite moral reasons too.