Originally posted by shavixmirhahahaha
The best way to solve everyone's problems is to eat vegetarians. That way the cows get to live, vegetarians can't complain and we don't have to listen to their insistant moaning about things which really aren't half as important as the price of petrol.
Originally posted by SJ247Makes good sense. Furthermore, cows are not likely to attack a human unless you seriously provoke them in some way. This is partly because they eat grass, not meat.
I'm not claiming humans are more or less valuable than any other living thing, I was stating that if something has the potential to make you ill, or kill you, you should take preventive measures to avoid it.
Since you cannot physically avoid bacteria and viruses, you have to kill them with medications and chemicals, to prevent them from harming you.
W ...[text shortened]... g a cow from harming me, by avoiding cows altogether.
Is this seriously not making sense?
Originally posted by KazetNagorraIt *does* apply to nonhuman animals such as cows. However, a pre-sentient human fetus is less valuable than a person by a greater degree than a cow is less valuable than a person. Even the church used to say so, back when they had enough power to say that only the supposed sexual aspect of the sin was bad when a woman had an abortion.
What makes bacteria less valuable than humans and why doesn't this apply to humans vs. other animals like cows?
I would prefer it if abortion was safe, legal and rare. I'm not saying a pre-sentient human fetus has *no* value, but it has FAR less value than a human person does. The greatest value that a pre-sentient human fetus has is its instrumental value to the mother, thus it should be the woman's decision. (It gets more complicated in the 3rd trimester, once the fetus can feel pain and stuff.)
Originally posted by whodeyIsn't Michael Vick from the US? Molesting a child is a felony in the US, is it not? That's not to say that the sentences couldn't be increased for child molestation and other serious violent crimes, whilst not imprisoning personal drug users who haven't harmed anyone.
I have often wondered why some people value animals more than they do human life. For example, the same society that threw the book at Michael Vick for dog fighting is the same society that allows pedophiles to roam free after molesting minors. I think perhaps it is because animals tend to how us love unconditionally as where human beings do not usually. I ...[text shortened]... nnot fathom why they should be valued any higher than any other animal life form. What say you?
Originally posted by PinkFloydFor the record, I'm a genderless skull wearing but 3D-glasses in a bucket of
mon ami(e)
radioactive waste. How is it that every time someone presents a good
argument, then that someone is automatically assumed to be mostly flesh?
Me? I'm aaaaall bonehead. 😏
Originally posted by jlillyDo you think lions are sickening, how about dogs, cats, fish, many
1) The meat industry is sickening. Small cages, rampant disease and injury, meat full of antibiotics and other mysterious chemicals, genetic manipulation, neglect, and abusive deaths.
2) People who eat meat are 50% more likely to develop heart disease, higher cholesterol levels, higher cases of hypertension, higher levels of prostate and other cancers, hi ...[text shortened]... rrible for the environment. I'll list examples once I laugh at the hate I'll end up reading 🙂
birds that eat other creatures?
Kelly
Originally posted by KellyJayThese species don't have the capacity for moral choice due to (a) limited intellectual and cognitive functions; and (b) their biological need to eat certain things to survive.
Do you think lions are sickening, how about dogs, cats, fish, many
birds that eat other creatures?
Kelly
Originally posted by karnachzThe herd sires think your presence is enough provocation. Holstein bulls are killers! Had a friend killed by one.
Makes good sense. Furthermore, cows are not likely to attack a human unless you seriously provoke them in some way. This is partly because they eat grass, not meat.