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Quote by: thrashee  Now add meat eaters to that list :)
Then you are, of course, adding yourself to the list of those with low emotional IQs. Or you just lack integrity, as I believe your second part stated.
Come now, you know exactly why I acted the way I did. The error wasn't in your quite exhaustive explanation for a lack, but rather in the overt way you're linking together two extremes.
Here's the thing: people who are themselves vegetarian or vegan or whatever the chosen cause is, they do it for themselves, not to make the world a better place. You're "supporting" a cause by essentially doing nothing but just enough to placate this sense of cause within yourself.
If the humane treatment of animals is really your goal, then work with the system, not simply against it. Find ways of bettering the industries so that there is less inhumane treatment of animals.
You are doing this, correct? |
Try actually reading my posts. I made it quite clear thta I don't believe ALL of those who eat meat have a low emotional IQ. I quite specifically said that the low emotional IQ applied to those who do not have empathy or compassion for animals...I was quite careful to qualify this ...it's frustrating debating with people who don't even properly read through posts...quite impossible actually.
Yes, I specifically said I was lacking in the integrity to follow through completely...again...read
I'm absolutely doing as you suggest. I fully support organizations who are more middle of the road in their approach...I don't actually believe it's probable or possible for the whole world to turn vegetarian overnight....It's evident to me that incremental steps are necessary in any change...hence the focus upon humane farming and such.