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Killing fields? Do you not kill plants?
True, plants do respond to some stimuli and according to researches they even feel pain in some way.
I have never found similar research about seed that plants voluntarily give away (including tomato ).
However they don't have nerve system and don't "feel" the same way we do. We can for now at least start, reduce the suffering and leave question about plants for the future.
Sense of something being "normal" because "everyone does it" is a very wrong one. E.g. not so long time ago even Aristotle claimed slavery was a natural law.
Humans can have empathy, so being able to conjure emotions of another fellow living beings with exactly the same basic instinctive feelings (fear, pain, love, happiness, despair...) combined with the current technology level, there should be no need anymore to produce yearly billions of terrified souls and unnecessary industrialized deaths.
There is absolutely no difference in your feelings by being slaughtered and the same experience of e.g. cattle or a pig (this is the mildest video I could find).
The same for the conditions where for example you would be unable to move for days in unnatural positions, with broken hands, etc.

Ethics is not limited to human beings only, unless you are anthropocentric or deeply (abrahamic) religious person.
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True, plants do respond to some stimuli and according to researches they even feel pain in some way.
I have never found similar research about seed that plants voluntarily give away ... .
Are seeds the only part of plants that are eaten by humans?

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However they don't have nerve system ...
A belief that is now being challenged by some.

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... and don't "feel" the same way we do.
As would also seem to be the case for the vast majority of animals.

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There is absolutely no difference in your feelings by being slaughtered and the same experience of e.g. cattle or a pig.
A view that many hold to be anthropomorphic, one that does, in truth, assume facts not in evidence for other than a very small number of creatures.

This is not to say that animals should or need be treated in a manner wholly insensitive to their own sensibilities. And, having been raised in the traditions of both farming and hunting, I can, without fear of contradiction, state that animals, both domesticated and wild, can and are used as food in a manner such that their deaths are far more swift and painless than those experienced by the overwhelming majority of wild and feral creatures.

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Ethics is not limited to human beings only, unless you are anthropocentric or deeply (abrahamic) religious person.
What in the Abrahamic religions serves to differentiate them form other beliefs with respect to the treatment of animals?
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Are seeds the only part of plants that are eaten by humans?
No, but some vegetarians in dealing with the assumption that plants do feel, propose or practice eating seeds only, thus still including all the fruit and most of other vegetables.

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A view that many hold to be anthropomorphic, one that does, in truth, assume facts not in evidence for other than a very small number of creatures.
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This is not to say that animals should or need be treated in a manner wholly insensitive to their own sensibilities. And, having been raised in the traditions of both farming and hunting, I can, without fear of contradiction, state that animals, both domesticated and wild, can and are used as food in a manner such that their deaths are far more swift and painless than those experienced by the overwhelming majority of wild and feral creatures.
So because their deaths are more 'human' when we kill them (btw not true), because they do it among themselves anyway, because there is no evidence of suffering for other than a very small number of creatures (and btw that very small number is huge majority in our industry) should be enough for an argument to excuse slaughtering as an industrial business?

The right question should be: Do we really need to do it today?


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What in the Abrahamic religions serves to differentiate them form other beliefs with respect to the treatment of animals?
The superiority given by God, which is very distinctive from most other (meat eating) religions when it comes to the relationship with animals.
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So because their deaths are more 'human' when we kill them (btw not true), because they do it among themselves anyway,
Most wild & feral mammals & avians, along with many rodents, do not die by predation; rather, they suffer prolonged and painful deaths from starvation and dehydration. On the other hand, when I take a deer, with a shot to the head, it dies quickly, with little to no suffering.

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because there is no evidence of suffering for other than a very small number of creatures (and btw that very small number is huge majority in our industry) should be enough for an argument to excuse slaughtering as an industrial business?
I made no statement defending the inhumane treatment suffered by many animals at the hands of some. Furthermore, how some are treated, and by whom, is wholly separate from the issue of whether or not they should be eaten.

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The superiority given by God, which is very distinctive from most other (meat eating) religions when it comes to the relationship with animals.
What "superiority given by God?"

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Most wild & feral mammals do not die by predation; rather, they suffer prolonged and painful deaths from starvation and dehydration. On the other hand, when I take a deer, with a shot to the head, it dies quickly, with little to no suffering.
Hm, good solution for sickness prevention.
Would you do it to your friend too?

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How some are treated, and by whom, is wholly separate from the issue of whether or not they should be eaten.
OK, why should they be eaten?

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What "superiority given by God?"
Ever heard of e.g. Bible?
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Hm, good solution for sickness prevention.
Would you do it to your friend too?
Relevance?

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OK, why should they be eaten?
It is your assertion that, , despite the fact that we evolved as omnivores, they should not be eaten. Therefore, the question of why not is yours to answer and substantiate.

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Ever heard of e.g. Bible?
Begs the question as to what in the Scriptures of the Abrahamic religions supports your contention.
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Relevance?
Rationality.


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It is your assertion that, , despite the fact that we evolved as omnivores, they should not be eaten. Therefore, the question of why not is yours to answer and substantiate.
Why not eating people? Why not slavery?


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Begs the question as to what in the Scriptures of the Abrahamic religions supports your contention.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

"People aren't the same as seeds. You made people to be like you, and then you created all plants and animals for them."
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Rationality.
Non sequitur

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Why not eating people? Why not slavery?
Non-responsive, irrelevant & non sequitur. Neither cannibalism nor slavery are the issue at hand.

To repeat, the proposition, and thus the burden of proof, is yours.

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Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
I would suggest that, rather than looking to modern translations of the Christian Bible, you turn to the original, in its original language. Even the King James Rev. version, with its use of the word "dominion," is far better than the one you here quote from.

The original meaning of what was interpreted as "dominion" is not that of an arbitrary & capricious authority, but rather one that carries with it a commensurate responsibility of stewardship. This in the same sense as the relationship between parent and child.

That many use Scripture as means of attempting to justify their claims of authority without responsibility does not serve to make it so.

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"People aren't the same as seeds. You made people to be like you, and then you created all plants and animals for them."
Quoted from what?

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Non sequitur
Non-responsive, irrelevant & non sequitur. Neither cannibalism nor slavery are the issue at hand.
To repeat, the proposition, and thus the burden of proof, is yours.
Non sequitor for one's mindset, of course. Debating meat eating with someone who's killing for pleasure requires at least some common ground in basic principles. Poles away.
When you answer the cannibalism and slavery, you will have the answer to this question too.

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From me, among the others. Try Altavista.
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Non sequitor for one's mindset, of course.
Also non sequitur.

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Debating meat eating with someone who's killing for pleasure requires at least some common ground in basic principles. Poles away.
Mis-representative and assumes facts not in evidence. Were one to allow such, it can then be argued with equal force that you kill plants for pleasure.

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When you answer the cannibalism and slavery, you will have the answer to this question too.
Only if one accepts your implied anthropomorphic premise.

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From me, among the others. Try Altavista.
To repeat, stop relying on faulty translations and look to the original.
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Also non sequitur.
Mis-representative and assumes facts not in evidence. Were one to allow such, it can then be argued with equal force that you kill plants for pleasure.
How do you define hunting? A sport?


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I agree with that.


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You got one? In English?
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How do you define hunting? A sport?
No, I do not. I hunt, not for any delight beyond that which Nature might send my way, but for sustenance. My approach to hunting is not unlike that of the early Native Americans, who begged of the spirit of the slain forgiveness for having forced them to depart their corporeal form.

I was raised amidst the mountains of central Pennsylvania, the descendant of families both of which have deep roots in nature, and the traditions of lumbering, farming, hunting and fishing, the names of which would be easily recognizable to those knowledgeable of early American history. From these I was imbued with a great and abiding respect for Nature and all of her creations, was taught that I was charged to be a good steward of all of such.

Whether hunting, fishing or gathering wild edibles, I take no more than needed, carefully selecting that which I take, giving care so to ensure that my taking does not endanger the survival of that which remains. In return for their giving to me, I give to those from whom I take; I render food to the hungry, medical care to the stricken, shelter to those without.

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I agree with that.
That premise, though, is not an a priori one, but rather one that is a posteriori, and therefore one that cannot be taken as a given, but must be proven to be true prior to its being used as support for any argued for conclusion.

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You got one? In English?
Sorry, but such does not, by definition, exist; you'll need to either become a scholar of Hebrew Scripture or rely on those who are.
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No, I do not. I hunt, not for any delight beyond that which Nature might send my way, but for sustenance.
Because you have no other choices?

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That premise, though, is not an a priori one, but rather one that is a posteriori, and therefore one that cannot be taken as a given, but must be proven to be true prior to its being used as support for any argued for conclusion.
Lol, thank you. This one deserves to be put in a signature.
Some people are masters in diluting the essence of a thought and converting it into pseudo philosophical particles. Congratulations.

Yes, I agree with your statement "Only if one accepts your implied anthropomorphic premise." as I already said the same thing before; the one that we need common ground in our basic perceptions of freedom and rights and to whom they should be granted.
For you it is naturally "anthropomorphic premise" for the reason it being beyond your basic principles.
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Because you have no other choices?
Irrelevant and mis-directive, as your question was whether or not hunting is for me a sport.

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Some people are masters in diluting the essence of a thought and converting it into pseudo philosophical particles.
Given the absence of objective support for your position, it is a philosophical matter!

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Yes, I agree with your statement "Only if one accepts your implied anthropomorphic premise." as I already said the same thing before; the one that we need common ground in our basic perceptions of freedom and rights and to whom they should be granted.
For you it is naturally "anthropomorphic premise" for the reason it being beyond your basic principles.
Conflating the refusal of another to accept your unsubstantiated premise as fact with "being beyond [their] basic principles" is specious to the point of bordering on being ad hominem.

The fact remains that there is no objective basis for your premise. Mere response to stimuli in a manner that mimics that of a human in no way bespeaks of sentience. Your premise is but an article of faith; and, proclaiming it to be self-evident differs naught from those who hold religious scriptures to be revealed truths.

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Irrelevant and mis-directive, as your question was whether or not hunting is for me a sport.
No, that was my suggestion.
But just as with everything else extremely relevant, you evade straight answers by simply declaring it nonsense


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Objective support by who's measures?

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Conflating the refusal of another to accept your unsubstantiated premise as fact with "being beyond [their] basic principles" is specious to the point of bordering on being ad hominem.
Indeed I used ad hominem approach but not for the reason and in the way you put it. My apologies for that, although the unnecessary hunting issue always puts me into higher emotional arousal.

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The fact remains that there is no objective basis for your premise. Mere response to stimuli in a manner that mimics that of a human in no way bespeaks of sentience.
Your premise is but an article of faith; and, proclaiming it to be self-evident differs naught from those who hold religious scriptures to be revealed truths.
- Sir, why you killed and mutilated the postman
- Well... I was hungry.

- But didn't you have other choices to feed yourself? And don't you think it's wrong?
- Only if one accepts your implied anthropomorphic premise. You probably eat meat and even vegetables too.
Besides, postmen have poor life and do not die peacefully, rather, they suffer prolonged and painful deaths from starvation and sickness. On the other hand, when I take a postman, with a shot to the head, it dies quickly, with little to no suffering.


- But Sir, he had a right to live just like you do. Would you do it to your loved one?
- Non-responsive, irrelevant & non sequitur. My family is not the issue at hand.

- Don't you think he had feelings just like you have.
- The fact remains that there is no objective basis for your premise. Mere response to stimuli in a manner that mimics that of me or my family in no way bespeaks of sentience. Your premise is but an article of faith; and, proclaiming it to be self-evident differs naught from those who hold religious scriptures to be revealed truths.

- OK
- That premise, though, is not an a priori one, but rather one that is a posteriori, and therefore one that cannot be taken as a given, but must be proven to be true prior to its being used as support for any argued for conclusion.
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No, that was my suggestion.
But just as with everything else extremely relevant, you evade straight answers by simply declaring it nonsense

Objective support by who's measures?

Indeed I used ad hominem approach but not for the reason and in the way you put it. My apologies for that, although the unnecessary hunting issue always puts me into higher emotional arousal.

- Sir, why you killed and mutilated the postman
- Well... I was hungry.

- But didn't you have other choices to feed yourself? And don't you think it's wrong?
- Only if one accepts your implied anthropomorphic premise. You probably eat meat and even vegetables too.
Besides, postmen have poor life and do not die peacefully, rather, they suffer prolonged and painful deaths from starvation and sickness. On the other hand, when I take a postman, with a shot to the head, it dies quickly, with little to no suffering.

- But Sir, he had a right to live just like you do. Would you do it to your loved one?
- Non-responsive, irrelevant & non sequitur. My family is not the issue at hand.

- Don't you think he had feelings just like you have.
- The fact remains that there is no objective basis for your premise. Mere response to stimuli in a manner that mimics that of me or my family in no way bespeaks of sentience. Your premise is but an article of faith; and, proclaiming it to be self-evident differs naught from those who hold religious scriptures to be revealed truths.

- OK
- That premise, though, is not an a priori one, but rather one that is a posteriori, and therefore one that cannot be taken as a given, but must be proven to be true prior to its being used as support for any argued for conclusion.
I've an extremely low tolerance of sophistry, which is what this thread has descended into. This issue is obviously one that is for you emotionally quite charged, one that therefore does not well lend itself to rational discourse.

While I do commend you for looking on lesser creatures with compassion, as do I, even though you may not allow of such, owing no doubt to our different life experiences, such experiences do not compel me to endow such creatures with the same attributes and/or to the same extent as do you.

I therefore respectfully submit that we are at an impasse, and must simply agree to disagree in this regard.
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I thought that stuff like this, preference for food, is just a lifestyle or something. reading all of your threads, I can see that it concerns some emotions or sort of spirituality with it... well, life is short, and one of the greatest pleasure of it is through the mouth.
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Why do people feel the need to force their preferences on others? If you are a vegitarian, enjoy the salad. If not, have a burger. Opinions are like belly buttons, everyone has one.

All I know is that we spent millions of years evolving to the top of the food chain, seems a waste to get here for just a salad. Me, I am going to broil a steak, smoke a cigarette, and dream of a gas-guzzeling Mercedes S500. What you do with your time and cookware is your own business.

For those of you who feel the need to tell others what to do, regardless of their own personal beliefs and the constitutional freedoms of this country, run for Congress. That way you get paid to do it.
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activeco's belief is not one arbitrarily arrived at; to the contrary, it is an ethical stand, logically concluded from a certain premise. It is that premise alone that I take issue with.

And, I do not see activeco as attempting to force that belief on any here, but rather trying to convince of the correctness of such.
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I eat meat because it's tasty. I don't mean to offend, but that's how it is.

Eloquent arguments can be made for both sides. I doubt a vegetarian can be swayed to eat meat by arguments, so why do they expect it in others???
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And, in turn, there are those who are vegetarian simply because they dislike the taste and/or texture of meat.
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Well, there are some vegetables that I don't like eating as well for its taste and texture... well, lately I have been eating a lot of veggies not because I prefer it more than meat but because it is cheaper. everything is just so expensive nowadays
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My point was that it is not the case that all vegetarians are so owing to ethical reasons; in fact, it may even be that those who are consitute the minority.
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You don't care what they want to eat. If they want a vegetable, it is good, but if they want to eat meat, go and wait for some illnesses that may arise.
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activeco's belief is not one arbitrarily arrived at; to the contrary, it is an ethical stand, logically concluded from a certain premise. It is that premise alone that I take issue with.

And, I do not see activeco as attempting to force that belief on any here, but rather trying to convince of the correctness of such.
Thanks for that (sorry, I didn't see it earlier).
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This article explains how to plan a vegan diet properly so that vitamin B12 deficiency does not cause health problems: Vegan Diets - Proper Planning and Vitamin B12 Nutrients

Personally, I eat meat because I like the way it tastes. There is nothing more satisfying that a big juicy burger, but I respect others life choices in avoiding meat altogether.
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You don't care what they want to eat. If they want a vegetable, it is good, but if they want to eat meat, go and wait for some illnesses that may arise.
What is your point?

Are you saying that eating meat is unhealthy, while eschewing it is? If so, please provide prove.
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If I had to eat nothing but vegetables, Well lets jut say that would be one of my worst nightmares.
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