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> People often think that lowering meat consumption (something we absolutely have to do) means eating bugs. I have not heard this but I can believe that's what
by seszett 3y ago
> People often think that lowering meat consumption (something we absolutely have to do) means eating bugs.
I have not heard this but I can believe that's what people think, however it seems a bit weird to me, do these people think insect meat is not meat, like some people consider fish to be somehow vegetarian?
- throwanem 3y agoI think in this case it's more to do with proportionally lower caloric input requirements for a given output mass of meat, although I admit I'm unclear on the details. I wouldn't look too closely for a consistent ethical basis in vegetarianism and veganism, both of which require drawing an arbitrarily defined line between living things it's okay to kill and eat and living things that it isn't, and then treating that as axiomatic. I respect the motivation, but not the result - we all draw our own lines, but it takes an unreasonable amount of brass in a person to try to argue their line should be good enough for everyone.