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Eating meat = huge risk
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<blockquote data-quote="Eftsoon" data-source="post: 76093847" data-attributes="member: 433818"><p>Certainly, no one should judge anyone else. That comment does however pressupose that eating meat is a harmless activity. If by 'thinking less of' you mean making a negative ethical determination about the behaviour. </p><p></p><p>From the herbivorous perspective, we see sentient beings suffering. We speak out about this as anyone would in the same situation. </p><p></p><p>Were this a debate about human-human murder, it would not be seen as preachy. This is only because it is unilaterally accepted to be wrong. </p><p></p><p>We herbivores could perhaps be more tolerant. As i've said before, we're dealing with millennia-old dietary practices. On the other side omnivores also would do well to try and understand the clear ethical delineations we're driven by. For me it comes down to unecessary suffering. I don't need meat to survive or even thrive, so I can't justify causing suffering to obtain it. This is how stark the ethical issue is. When reasoned this way, the conclusion feels inescapable. </p><p></p><p>I know that my main hope is that people will think of meat consumption as an almost sacred activity. Our food animals offer up lives and agonies for our sustenance. It would be amazing if many would go further, but this would alleviate so much suffering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eftsoon, post: 76093847, member: 433818"] Certainly, no one should judge anyone else. That comment does however pressupose that eating meat is a harmless activity. If by 'thinking less of' you mean making a negative ethical determination about the behaviour. From the herbivorous perspective, we see sentient beings suffering. We speak out about this as anyone would in the same situation. Were this a debate about human-human murder, it would not be seen as preachy. This is only because it is unilaterally accepted to be wrong. We herbivores could perhaps be more tolerant. As i've said before, we're dealing with millennia-old dietary practices. On the other side omnivores also would do well to try and understand the clear ethical delineations we're driven by. For me it comes down to unecessary suffering. I don't need meat to survive or even thrive, so I can't justify causing suffering to obtain it. This is how stark the ethical issue is. When reasoned this way, the conclusion feels inescapable. I know that my main hope is that people will think of meat consumption as an almost sacred activity. Our food animals offer up lives and agonies for our sustenance. It would be amazing if many would go further, but this would alleviate so much suffering. [/QUOTE]
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