Since we're on to power vs. fuel economy, consider my '97 Eclipse - 13.5@100 in the 1/4 mile, 0-60 in 4.3 seconds, 33mpg on the highway. And I've got all-wheel-drive, too! (car is modded, of course) I welcome alternate fuel cars, but public transportation is tough to swallow. What if we all drove go-carts?:-)
The leap from "Africans are people too" to "cows are people too" is a big leap.
Of cows are not people. But the difference between humans and cows is a difference of degree, not type. A cow is not as smart as an adult human, but it sure is smarter than a newborn human baby. Similarity shouldn't be a prerequisite for compassion anyway.
Good question. The way I would do it is to keep feeding the animals until they die naturally, but stop the artificial insemination to beget more animals.
I don't have the background in biology to know if I evolved to be a omnivore or not. I don't really care, either. I just know that I survive just fine without eating fellow animals. Make your own decision, but remember the meat that is your food is also someone else's body.
>People can choose to eat whatever they want, but when they attempt to berate others with their opinion of why THEY should follow suit I at least expect a rather concrete reason besides "I think animals feel and plants do not."
Animals and plants *are* different. I don't think there's much doubt in that.
>And the above poster brought up a good question...what ABOUT eggs?
Don't eat them. Eating them is not good for anyone.
>or what about animals that die of natural causes?
I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong in eating animal carcass, but I'd leave them alone as a gesture of respect. (And because it's gross, too.)
>the lack of a consistent view is one of the reasons vegans get attacked for their views (that and their pushiness, as illustrated by jamie)
Vegans are individuals, too, and individuals have individual views.:-)
Some vegans are pushy because they want to end the plight of the animals ASAP. If aliens invade the earth and find that human meat tasts good, wouldn't you want some compassionate aliens to buck the trend and fight on your behalf?
>I always wonder whether a lion should feel guilty about eating meat, which I intuitively doubt, and then wonder why I should if a lion shouldn't.
The lion cannot survive on plants (I wish the lions would magically disappear from this planet). However, humans do just fine eating plants. That's why we should feel guilty about eating meat.
Er, just do a little research to find that plants are preferable, not meat. What is meat anyway? It's animal carcass, carrion. Don't eat it; it's yucky!
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Since we're on to power vs. fuel economy, consider my '97 Eclipse - 13.5@100 in the 1/4 mile, 0-60 in 4.3 seconds, 33mpg on the highway. And I've got all-wheel-drive, too! (car is modded, of course) I welcome alternate fuel cars, but public transportation is tough to swallow. What if we all drove go-carts? :-)
Of cows are not people. But the difference between humans and cows is a difference of degree, not type. A cow is not as smart as an adult human, but it sure is smarter than a newborn human baby. Similarity shouldn't be a prerequisite for compassion anyway.
Congratulations, you just became a vegetarian. :-) Spend some time with a cow, and you'll agree. :-)
Good question. The way I would do it is to keep feeding the animals until they die naturally, but stop the artificial insemination to beget more animals.
I don't have the background in biology to know if I evolved to be a omnivore or not. I don't really care, either. I just know that I survive just fine without eating fellow animals. Make your own decision, but remember the meat that is your food is also someone else's body.
Animals and plants *are* different. I don't think there's much doubt in that.
>And the above poster brought up a good question...what ABOUT eggs?
Don't eat them. Eating them is not good for anyone.
>or what about animals that die of natural causes?
I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong in eating animal carcass, but I'd leave them alone as a gesture of respect. (And because it's gross, too.)
>the lack of a consistent view is one of the reasons vegans get attacked for their views (that and their pushiness, as illustrated by jamie)
Vegans are individuals, too, and individuals have individual views. :-)
Some vegans are pushy because they want to end the plight of the animals ASAP. If aliens invade the earth and find that human meat tasts good, wouldn't you want some compassionate aliens to buck the trend and fight on your behalf?
>I always wonder whether a lion should feel guilty about eating meat, which I intuitively doubt, and then wonder why I should if a lion shouldn't.
The lion cannot survive on plants (I wish the lions would magically disappear from this planet). However, humans do just fine eating plants. That's why we should feel guilty about eating meat.
Right on!
Er, just do a little research to find that plants are preferable, not meat. What is meat anyway? It's animal carcass, carrion. Don't eat it; it's yucky!