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Aug 01, 2008 22:11


Since responding to ya'll in comment form is tough due to word limits, I'll respond in this form.

I'm not so sure I can agree with all ya'll.  The main argument I'm seeing here is that "animals do it, so why can't I?"  Granted, I did say that we're all the same, but that wasn't exactly what I was going for.  What I meant is that we are all sentient ( Read more... )

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soaring_flames August 2 2008, 21:26:19 UTC
I think you are thinking about it too much. I agree with evan, this is a time of choice about what we eat because we are lucky enough NOT to be starving and forced to eat everything and anything. One thing I want to point out though, is this: You first made the distinction that we are the same as animals, we have emotion, need for life, etc, and I agree with that in most cases. Although, you have now brought up that we (perhaps) have a higher level of thinking, and can therefore CHOOSE to kill for sustainance or not. Therefore, we are leaving it as a moral obligation to eat or not eat another being, correct? What do you have to say to the moral obligation of saving a life vs. taking one for food? Because as a society, we can choose to eat meat or not, and we can also choose to let a dying man continue to die, and walk away. the catch here is that morally, you think ," WHAT??!! how can you let someone die when you are there to help it!?!?" this is because you have that higher sense of thinking. but in nature, things don't always work that way. I think animals feel so sad when they loose a friend/mate, and they may wish they could help, such as elephants that mourn and carry their ill) but often times, you can't change teh circle of life. I know that has nothing to do with any of this "eat stuff" but it brings about the point, who's to say what is okay to kill for food, and what life is okay to let die? and who is to say that it is okay to save a life instead of let it die? Does not everything die at some point? who are we to decide when it is to die for food, or when it is to be saved even?

it is all personal choice in this day. there isn't a right answer.

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