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FlySolo
reply to post by ManBehindTheMask
Actually, lions and other predators usually kill quickly. Bite to the jugular first and wait for death before devouring.
ManBehindTheMask
reply to post by Aleister
Take Native Americans for example and many other native people across the world....
They hold life to a whole nother standard then most people do, its the backbone of their whole belief system, including the life of the animals they eat. I would call them more pro life then any activist with an agenda.
They pray and give thanks before and after they kill their game.....
FlySolo
Actually, lions and other predators usually kill quickly. Bite to the jugular first and wait for death before devouring.
So eating animals is mistreatment? Would you say that lions tearing apart a gazelle is mistreatment?
FlySolo
reply to post by Auricom
That's nonsense. Some animal's lives are worth more than some human lives. I would gladly save a drowning dog over some people I know.
FlySolo
You claiming I don't know the meaning of nonsense is well,erm, nonsensical.
iwilliam
ManBehindTheMask
reply to post by Aleister
Take Native Americans for example and many other native people across the world....
They hold life to a whole nother standard then most people do, its the backbone of their whole belief system, including the life of the animals they eat. I would call them more pro life then any activist with an agenda.
They pray and give thanks before and after they kill their game.....
I get what you mean. But come with me on a brief Thought Experiment for a moment...
Say some person comes up to you, and with tears in their eyes, they say "I thank you and Mother Nature for your sacrifices, so that I may live," and then that person kills you, says a prayer, and then proceeds to gut, skin, butcher, and cook you, is that acceptable?
Is it okay that you have now been killed, because it was done with reverence for your sacrifice?
I'm pretty sure that most people who have a healthy psychology and self esteem would answer with a resounding "NO! That's not okay! I want to live, not end up as someone's lunch!"
So I ask you -- Why Is this different for animals other than humans?
FlySolo
reply to post by ManBehindTheMask
I suppose you could be right. I think it's just the big cats that do that. BTW, I'm a meat eater and I'm pro-choice. I just like the OP because it does make sense. If you're against abortions, you should be a vegan. Besides plants, life is still life. I do see a shred of hypocrisy there...
No, you're pretty much proving you don't know what it means. I made no nonsensical claims in my previous post. A human life cannot be compared with that of an animal. And I'm mainly referring to children as that's what this topic is about. And my claim goes doubly for children.
Pedophiles, rapists and the ilk I would agree upon. Their lives aren't worth my pet rats life, nor our dog or cats life. But I'd sacrifice all of their lives to save a good person even though it'd break my heart.
Aleister
reply to post by HUMBLEONE
We have to eat something! (except for those faux yogis who claim to live on air, and then they hurt the tiny life in the air)
Vegans eat the seeds of plants, not the plants. Or fruit, which are just seed pods.
Tearing the leaves off probably hurts the plants, but it's them or us. I'll go ten rounds with a rice paddy any day.