Re: Is it right to eat animals?

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From: Dutch
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:19

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"LarryLook" <Larry@noemail.com> wrote
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>>
>> Our lifestyles kill animals, lots of them, meat or not. You're pushing a 
>> fallacy.
>
> Sure, but if it where proven that on the average the person who's 30 lbs 
> overweight is responsible for 4 times the number of deaths of animals 
> (because he eats more), wouldn't it be more ethical to be of ideal body 
> weight?

Only if you measure morality by counting dead animals. I don't.

> You seem to be saying it's impossible to live a lifestyle that involves 
> killing less (and is thus more ethical) or that it's not a worthy goal. 
> But it is a worthy goal.

No, I'm saying that killing fewer animals is not directly and 
unconditionally dependent on not consuming "animal products". That is the 
vegan lie.

> The antivegetarians here are so brainwashed that they won't admit that 
> wearing a fur coat made of many little animals is unethical since they 
> feel "the synthetic coat causes more collateral deaths."  This is really 
> playing with the numbers.

That's a strawman Larry.

> What about people who use a lot of resources to hunt animals for sport 
> (not food), or attend bullfights, etc.  Where is your outrage?

Different topic Larry. You can raise whichever issues you feel passionate 
about, nobody is stopping you.

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