How to get involved with animals?

[BillyMc]

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I don’t get what you’re saying. Are you implying my argument is stupid?

Nah, he’s jokingly insulting himself for his grammar fumble.</p>

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Have you ever killed a animal intentionally because it was irritating you (insects included)?

I make a point not to, actually.</p>

[Xenophanes]

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Nah, he’s jokingly insulting himself for his grammar fumble.

Ah, okay. </p>

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I make a point not to, actually.

There was two questions. ;)</p>

[BillyMc]

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Do you eat animals?

Yes, but I make a point not to have sex with them. Personally, I’d rather be consumed for necessary food than raped.</p>

[Xenophanes]

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Yes, but I make a point not to have sex with them. Personally, I’d rather be consumed for necessary food than raped.

Well, as you said that your personal preference. I’d rather live than die because I can recover from rape. And, it’s not necessary people can and have lived without eating animals.</p>

[BillyMc]

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it’s not necessary people can and have lived without eating animals.

But without killing them? Are you aware of the number of animals that are killed in the process of using one acre of land to grow wheat?</p>

[ThisCouldBeHeavn]

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I guess I do. Do you eat animals? Have you ever killed a animal intentionally because it was irritating you (insects included)? Answer, yes to any and so do you.

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<p>I’m not sure that follows. I admit, I’ve squashed some bugs in my time, but I also find it morally reprehensible. It’s hard to describe the immense guilt I feel about it.</p>

[mathsciencedude]

<p>My rational argument:</p>

<p>Animals aren’t rational
It’s okay to eat things that aren’t rational
It’s okay to eat animals</p>

<p>Thus ends my rational argument</p>

[Xenophanes]

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But without killing them? Are you aware of the number of animals that are killed in the process of using one acre of land to grow wheat?

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<p>We don’t need to kill animals, yes. We can survive without resorting to kill them. </p>

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I’m not sure that follows. I admit, I’ve squashed some bugs in my time, but I also find it morally reprehensible. It’s hard to describe the immense guilt I feel about it.

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<p>You’re right, it doesn’t follow. You can kill animals without believing it’s morally permissible. </p>

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My rational argument:</p>

<p>Animals aren’t rational
It’s okay to eat things that aren’t rational
It’s okay to eat animals</p>

<p>Thus ends my rational argument

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<p>How much do you weigh? Trying to calculate your how edible you are.</p>

[mathsciencedude]

<p>What a coincidence! I’m trying to figure out your how edible YOU are!</p>

[almost_there_1]

<p>You can kill animals without being cruel to them. I don’t find killing a fly with a flyswatter cruel. But the way that we raise animals for food is cruel. Much crueler than raping animals.</p>

[Xenophanes]

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You can kill animals without being cruel to them. I don’t find killing a fly with a flyswatter cruel. But the way that we raise animals for food is cruel. Much crueler than raping animals.

lol, at the oxymoron. The very act of involuntarily killing (in this context) is ‘cruel’. Why don’t you find it cruel?</p>

[BillyMc]

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We don’t need to kill animals, yes. We can survive without resorting to kill them.

As a society? What will we be eating?</p>

[Spatula]

<p>I’m not a vegetarian, but perhaps vegetables and tofu?</p>

[BillyMc]

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I’m not a vegetarian, but perhaps vegetables and tofu?

Growing crops kills animals.</p>

[Xenophanes]

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As a society? What will we be eating?

[Food</a> and recipes: what do vegans eat? - The Vegan Society](<a href=“http://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/food/?ad=677745]Food”>http://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/food/?ad=677745)</p>

[BillyMc]

<p>Xenophanes, care to respond to the fact that growing crops kills animals?</p>

[toxic93]

<p>Aren’t vegetables alive. Its no different than animals. We all eat things that once lived.</p>

[BillyMc]

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Aren’t vegetables alive. Its no different than animals.

Can vegetables feel pain? Frankly, I don’t think they’d notice if someone screwed them, unlike animals.</p>

[toxic93]

<p>I meant eat them not screw them. Who would wanna screw a veggie?</p>

[Spatula]

<p>Where did the OP go?</p>