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Quote by: Captain Cardio  If I was in charge of the country, I would make sure that factory farming became illegal. For me it isn't a matter of whether being a human carnivore is wrong, its whether animals suffer extensively before they reach our plate. I spose there are health concerns to, but if factory farming was outlawed, not as much meat would be produced, so the price would go up, and maybe eating vegetarian would be more economically viable. To me it seems that the way things are with livestock production, we are feeding an unimaginable amount of suffering into the cosmos. |
I can agree with being concerned about factory farming for
human health concerns. The increase in production may be offset by the decline in quality.
Saying that "we are feeding an unimaginable amount of suffering into the cosmos" only makes sense if one supposes that "the cosmos" cares about suffering. I've seen no evidence of that. Instead, I see
some people caring about whether animals suffer. Of course, that may not sound quite as convincing as presuming there to be a caring, feeling "cosmos".
On another note, do you consider death to be a form of suffering?
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I spose a similar question to vegetarianism as far as human health goes would be, would you ban smoking?
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Nope.
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The Meatrix - Factory farming 101
This flash video doesn't even mention the inhumane ways animals are killed.
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Beside the point, really. The question is whether you would want to force people to give up eating meat -- or want others to do so for you.
- Rob