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RE: Why The Meat Industry Is Completely Moral

in #satire7 years ago

I'm hoping for new societal norms that greatly reduce meat consumption, which feels like perhaps (just IMO) a more realistic way of reaching a society-level compromise on the issue of animal rights.

While animals should not be treated the way they are in nature now... there are arguments to made for the health benefits of lean meats like Turkey, fish, etc - and not all people (medical conditions) can safely eat a vegan diet.

I'm all about the explosion in vegan food though. Great new vegan restaurant opened up near me, my friends & I have all been frequenting the place & it seems to have plenty of customers. This isn't a "hipster" area at all either.

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One compromise I could maybe get behind is banning the sale of meat products. Continue to allow hunting and fishing to continue tradition, feed the hold-out carnivores and sometimes help with population control. Stem the overconsumption though.

While I would be delighted never to see another piece of meat, I would not be in favour of banning.
Imposing your values on others by force does not make a more equitable society for any of us. Like @heymattsokol, I too am hopeful that eventually, meat consumption will become an aberrant behaviour, and the wholesale slaughter of animals will be consigned to the annals of history.

Yes, I think I could get behind that too. But this forced breeding, imprisonment and genocide, all for profit, is perhaps the biggest source of suffering in society, and it has to go if we are ever going to be able to transcend our current understanding of humanity.