*About the lion, obviously the lion has no other choice but to kill and eat other animals- it’s necessary for his survival.
No. You can’t mix’n’match logic, mate. The lion could forage for berries and shit like other animals. It doesn’t because it is a LION which requires meat.
I am a HUMAN which also requires meat. Thus my taste for it. My teeth have front incisors. My eyes being in the front of my skull for depth perception for hunting. etc. etc.
Why don’t we force lions in zoo’s to live off beans? I’d be in gaol for animal cruelity.
*It’s a personal decision on how someone decides to eat. Many choose to be vegetarians based on their personal beliefs pertaining to health and ethics.
Humans don’t absolutely have to eat meat for survival if other food sources are available. You said it was “morally right” to eat meat as if it’s your duty to god to eat it. Like I said earlier, what someone chooses to eat is a personal choice.
I am not religious. My ideas are based on logic and common sense.
People who decide not to eat meat are WRONG. I am not going to force them to eat it but my tolerance is not the same as respect for or advocation for it.
*I don’t think it’s right to kill an other animal if it isn’t necessary. Which in my case and many others it isn’t. Is a human life more important than say a dog’s life? A dog’s life more important than a squirrel’s? I can’t answer that, I’m not so sure myself. As humans we identify with other humans and therefor value our lives and other humans lives above other creature’s lives. Here’s an example; A cute little puppy gets run over by a truck and is killed. Everyone feels sad and terrible. However, a pig is slaughtered and served for Christmas dinner and everyone digs in not thinking about the pig who lost it’s life so that everyone could eat. Those who do think about that pig’s life sluff it off and continue to eat.
Why do you think that roast pig tastes so good? Because as a HUMAN I am meant to eat it. I AM MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL. That is common sense. Self-preservation. Meat makes me stronger and healthier more EFFICIENTLY than non-meat sources. I am not going to fuck around and take twice as long so a pig may live. Fuck the pig.
*All I’m saying is… is it necessary to kill and eat an animal even though it isn’t vital to one’s survival? What makes one creature’s life more important than another?
It is vital. When I have a child, guess what? They will be eating fish and beef and everything else as this will ensure the develop into a physically stronger and mentally strong being. AND THIS IS ESSENTIAL.
*If you choose to eat meat cool- that’s your choice. People have their own beliefs and those beliefs should be respected.
As I said above. Tolerance is not respect.
I do not respect that which is incorrect.
The only possible argument you have is because we have evolved beyond other animals, in so much as we can grow/farm/manage our food resources, we should only eat non-animal food. This is stupid. We would not have evolved if it were not for eating animal protein. It is scientific fact. All those fats and proteins build brains. Lets not go backwards and de-evolve.
