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My question to vegetarians is this: Is trying to persuade people enough for you, or are you willing to use the power of the government to force people to become vegetarians? Why or why not?
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I wonder whether the banning of murder would be expressed as "forced" also. The only reason why the prohibition of killing people is not seen as coercion, is because it is a (more) commonly held view.
But, to answer the question: I think persuasion will have to do the trick, until a sufficient number of people agree to define slaughter as murder.