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And there wasn't a 9 yr old on the floor of the UN?
stop discussing other animals
You should not be discussing other animals . They do not have the capacity to make moral decisions. So, in that sense, our actions cannot be categorized as "natural."
Carnivores must kill to live. Humans need not do so.
The answer is not to eat meat , but to improve conditions for workers.
Also remember that gathering vegetables provides employment, which the workers need.
- happiness1535
June 13, 2009 11:06AM
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oh really?
so you're saying that having a system by which to judge the necessity or relevancy of actions or inactions is not natural?
and you are wrong.... animals follow moral codes of behavior. bet you didn't know that. some animals, in fact, ignore that moral code... and do so knowingly.
in fact, it's a general consensus that some kind of morality is indeed embedded into our genetic code. (obviously... if you're charles manson and co., or the like, something went wrong.)
......also remember that raising animals, and the slaughter of animals, and the shipping of animals, and the butchering and everything else also provide employment. which workers need. so that's a moot point.
so why don't you try finding a real argument as to why people should do what is completely unnatural by eating only vegetable foods that are out of season where they live instead of eating what is available and sustainable?
unless you think it natural to have oranges in february. and all manner of legumes, lettuce, avocados, etcetera etcetera etcetera.
now if your'e argument against eating meat is the treatment of animals, you should go to farmsanctuary and sign the petitions they have. i've already done it. i see no reason why animals should not have led decent lives before being killed for consumption (rather than rotting away slowly like the rest of us).
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June 13, 2009 7:59PM
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