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Our ignorance about the experiences of animals will be a black stain on human legacy. There are still people who don’t think fish feel pain, or that cows don’t

Our ignorance about the experiences of animals will be a black stain on human legacy. There are still people who don’t think fish feel pain, or that cows don’t mourn when their calf is taken from them. Scallops eyesight is very interesting, but even the most common farm animals are still a complete mystery to the average person in a developed world.

spaetzleesser 4y ago
That ignorance is often a shield to protect from thinking about ethical issues. Once you start believing that a fish can feel pain or a cow mourns you have to think about whether you want to keep eating them despite that knowledge. It's easier to not know or to keep believing something that's wrong.
- Agamus 4y ago
  Humans have not yet reconciled our sharp and flat teeth. This is a deeply biological issue, with roots in our teeth: http://www.katabane.com/mt/dentist.html http://www.katabane.com/mt/dentist.html
- eixiepia 4y ago
  - sweetheart 4y ago
    When you dont need to harm or kill an animal to survive, then doing so is wrong. Most of us, globally, don't need to consume any animals to live long happy healthy lives, so any suffering or harm we cause to animals while we live is really quite horrible. > If you have a problem with animal suffering, then you probably shouldn't eat crops This is an oft repeated argument by carnists that doesn't hold up under the slightest scrutiny: more crops are grown to feed animals than to feed humans. If you want to kill the fewest plants AND the fewest animals, stop eating animals and their secretions. > This is mostly a vegan idea caused by their "Disneyfication" of animals Friend, advocates of animal rights have been around for far, far longer than Disney. Millenia, even. If by "Disneyfication" of animals you mean recognizing their capacity to suffer and the autonomy they have over their bodies, then I agree.
  - spaetzleesser 4y ago
    - kortilla 4y ago

spaetzleesser 4y ago

That ignorance is often a shield to protect from thinking about ethical issues. Once you start believing that a fish can feel pain or a cow mourns you have to think about whether you want to keep eating them despite that knowledge. It's easier to not know or to keep believing something that's wrong.

Agamus 4y ago
Humans have not yet reconciled our sharp and flat teeth. This is a deeply biological issue, with roots in our teeth: http://www.katabane.com/mt/dentist.html http://www.katabane.com/mt/dentist.html
eixiepia 4y ago
- sweetheart 4y ago
  When you dont need to harm or kill an animal to survive, then doing so is wrong. Most of us, globally, don't need to consume any animals to live long happy healthy lives, so any suffering or harm we cause to animals while we live is really quite horrible. > If you have a problem with animal suffering, then you probably shouldn't eat crops This is an oft repeated argument by carnists that doesn't hold up under the slightest scrutiny: more crops are grown to feed animals than to feed humans. If you want to kill the fewest plants AND the fewest animals, stop eating animals and their secretions. > This is mostly a vegan idea caused by their "Disneyfication" of animals Friend, advocates of animal rights have been around for far, far longer than Disney. Millenia, even. If by "Disneyfication" of animals you mean recognizing their capacity to suffer and the autonomy they have over their bodies, then I agree.
- spaetzleesser 4y ago
  - kortilla 4y ago