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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tell me friend, do you also 💩 in a box?

Cats have no sense of morality, civilization, empathy, or agriculture. Our understanding of the world is greater and thus so is our responsibility to act more intelligently. I can't have a discussion with a cat, but you aren't a cat so it's asinine to use them as a metric on rational behavior.

[–] mojo_raisin 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Our understanding of the world is greater and thus so is our responsibility to act more intelligently

Agree, I just don't think expecting all or even most of the human population to become vegan is a practical reality in the near future, so let's try to reduce suffering in ways that are more likely to happen such as consuming fewer animal products and being less cruel when we do. For those that are willing and able to be vegan that's great, but humans driven to eat meat and without extremely strict enforcement global veganism is a fantasy. That's like expecting the world to go without sex, reasons don't matter, not gonna happen.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

but humans driven to eat meat and without extremely strict enforcement global veganism is a fantasy.

I never said anything of the sort. Right from the start you've assumed a lot about me, I left a one sentance reply to an article I agreed with and you've built a straw version of me to argue with your over the top talking points. Stop putting words in my mouth because I agree that it's not realistic of feasebile for humanity to go off meat in either of our lifetimes.

What I am saying is that calling meat "humane" is an inherent contradiction and just a marketing term so people can feel better about their choice to eat meat. Just as "free range" or "cage free" chickens absolutely still live their lives in appaling conditions. It's whitewashing away treating life as a commodity.

Which is yuppie bullshit.

[–] mojo_raisin 1 points 7 months ago

I never said anything of the sort. Right from the start you’ve assumed a lot about me

You're right I did, I've talked to many people and get nearly identical responses often and I assumed this of you, sorry.

What I am saying is that calling meat “humane” is an inherent contradiction

Ok, that makes sense. Life is inherently not "humane", even when a lion hunts and eats it's hard to call that "humane".

so people can feel better about their choice to eat meat

Why should people feel bad about eating what their body has evolved to eat? Feel bad about participating in a disgusting capitalist animal agriculture sure, but not about following biological imperatives we all have.

. It’s whitewashing away treating life as a commodity

Yep, that's capitalism and the scale of humanity that's the problem, not people eating what our bodies are meant to.