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I for one find this kind of cognitive dissonance extremely upsetting and a bit perplexing. People are easily able to compartmentalize their feelings about vario
by Falling3 14y ago
I for one find this kind of cognitive dissonance extremely upsetting and a bit perplexing. People are easily able to compartmentalize their feelings about various animals. This leads to neat little groups - food, pet, science experiment. It's very frustrating to me.
- __david__ 14y ago> It's very frustrating to me. Why? We're human beings--all we do is categorize...
- Falling3 14y agoYes, I'm aware of the natural proclivity. That's part of what leads to to racism and stereotyping. We don't shrug those off as just being natural.
- youngerdryas 14y ago>This leads to neat little groups Not so neat. Some people eat dog and some have pet rats.
- Falling3 14y agoI didn't say they were universally accepted groups. Those people who have pet rats likely do not want rats being experimented on. And those people who eat dogs probably don't keep them as beloved pets.
- bjt 14y agoIf it's purely the compartmentalization that upsets you, then you'd be happier if people were totally cool about tossing the Frisbee around with their dog Spot on Saturday, then cooking him up for Sunday dinner. Is that the case? Anyway, people are a mix of rationality and emotions. We build up emotional attachments to the animals we keep as pets, and get uneasy thinking about using them in meals or experiments.
- Falling3 14y agoI'd prefer some consistency. If people think it's horrific to eat a dog, there's no reason they should be perfectly cool eating a pig.