• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    The pigs are sufficient all on their own. Or do you only help vulnerable individuals when there is something in it for you personally?

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      9 days ago

      Most meat-eaters are content for animals to be raided and killed in order to eat them, so focusing on ecology doesn’t require you to convince someone that animals have a moral value similar to that of human beings, which is a tall order.

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      9 days ago

      I haven’t weighed up the ethical against the ecological impact at all, I have just said what the focus of the comment was you have answered to.

      If you are interested in my personal opinion - I am a vegetarian for 14 years now, because I cannot accept how we treat animals as a society in the context of factory farming, but also because of the ecological impact. I think eating meat consumes way too much resources.

      From a philosophical point of view I don’t think however that killing a pig is morally wrong, I just think the way we are doing it is wrong.

      If you like we can start a dialogue on this topic! But let’s exchange opinions and arguments and avoid being patronizing.