Is flesh-eating correct?
Lots of animals are slaughtered daily. Even if there are enough vegetarian food items people eat flesh for the sake of tongue. Is it correct to kill thousands who cannot tell the atrocities they have gone through?
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Animals, including mankind, have been eating one another since the dawn of time. On land and in the oceans the food chain is a natural way of life for all carnivores. Some animals, such as Komodo Dragons regularly eat their prey while it's still alive. The screams of pain fill the air as the reptile devours it's helpless victim which has been paralyzed by the predator's poisonous bite. Harsh as it may seem it's all part of the natural order of things. Animal meat/flesh, call it what you will, forms the staple diet for millions of people throughout the world and it is only but right that they are allowed to do so. I always find it peculiar that animal rights terrorists are so criminally aggressive in the pursuit of their cause but most people ignore the shocking plight of abused children. Governments cover it up, the public are apathetic about the subject, yet there are 100s of lunatics who will, blackmail, carry out psychical violence and cause misery to anyone they, ''the self appointed judges, juries and executioners'', suspect of supporting, directly or indirectly, knowingly or unknowingly, of being involved in the legal slaughter of animals. People have the right to eat what they so wish, providing it's preparation meets the relevant legislation. Side: Yes
Look in the mirror. I one's eyes are positioned to look ahead, and one's teeth look like they are designed for biting and not chewing then one is a flesh eater. That's nature's design and denying it is an exercise in futility. For human beings flesh eating is correct. Side: Yes
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capitalism is neither cruel nor kind... as it does not concern itself with such matters. capitalism concerns itself with ONE thing and ONE thing only... profit. when and IF it becomes profitable to be kind then, capitalism will oblige... but not until then. ...as the temple granden story teaches us. if you don't know her contribution, then i suggest the google for you. Side: Yes
Actually, a growing body of research indicates that while plants do not process pain and other stimuli the same as non-plant based lifeforms do they nevertheless process stimuli, have functional memory, communicate with one another, etc. OP may have been ridiculing your stance and perhaps even intended that as a joke, but the reality is that counterpoint is not unfounded. What actually differentiates animals from plants on this matter, and why is it valid to object to killing animals but not plants? Side: Yes
If you are going to doing something because it causes living things pain, then you are going to stop doing a whole lot of stuff besides eating meat. Factory workers in China commit suicide so much that they put up "suicide nets" in the factory dorms. Are you going to give up all your consumer goods as well? Side: Yes
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