If you mean to say that there are still insects dying from plant production, then you're right. Although it's still the best way to reduce suffering and killing as much as possible, since there are more plants needed for a pound of meat. Your existence is causing inevitably harm, but you can choose to minimize that as much as you can.Dudugs wrote:
- 1. Going vegan isn't going to stop animals from getting killed.
If you mean in in the sense that your effort is not going to stop it from happening; you could say the same thing about every other immoral behavior. You can't stop rape from happening in the world, should you do it as well then? The only difference is that killing animals is permitted by the law, but that doesn't make it right. If you think it's immoral—and I think you do, you just prefer to close your eyes—why don't live by your values?
You think it's only immoral if it happens out of sight? I think every meat eater has a responsibility in knowing where their food comes from, and base their choices on that information.Dudugs wrote:
- 2. I don't get bothered by eating meat. If someone killed a pig and handed over meat to meat I wouldn't probably eat it. Out of sight out of mind. It's the same thing with death for example. If someone makes an Holocaust joke I won't be bothered, but I see photos of dead jews and Aushwitz, I will cry my ass off.
Just cutting out meat or other animal products isn't very smart. Did you replace it with something? Tell us something about what you ate.Dudugs wrote:
- 3. It gives me energy. If I don't eat a good dose of daily meat I really don't get energy enough to trough to a day.
Are you only consuming animals/animal products that have the conditions you think are morally justifiable?Dudugs wrote:
- 4. Captive life isn't that bad. As long as they have a good amount of food, a large space and good conditions their life is better in the wild, without worrying about predators and finding food.
We humans are very social animals, and have better chance at surviving by showing our emotions the way we do (otherwise it wouldn't have developed). It is not beneficial for all animals; but just because they don't show it, doesn't mean they don't have it. The production of chemicals in the brain that gives you a bad feeling when you're child is taken away from you for example, is very beneficial. The capabilities to feel and be emotional aren't unique to humans. And also: some animals do show emotions, but not always in human like ways.Dudugs wrote:
- 5. The animals don't show emotions. Again out of sight, out of mind. I don't feel bad for the animals because they didn't look sad or suffering.