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I was only gone for a day or two... (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's not just your choices alone, you're ignoring something here: If the animal whose death you pay for every day could speak, it would object. If it could defend itself, it would fight against its death. It wants to go on living just like you. But you kill it anyway, against its will, because you can, because the animal is innocent and because you simply like it's taste.
In addition to this violence, animal agriculture is also causing great damage to our planet, so your personal choice affects the lifes of other people, living and yet to be born as well. I can hardly think of any parallels to the pro-lifers.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right and by even just existing as a human, you are making the world a worse place for every single other animal on the planet, yet you continue to keep living your life. You are currently benefiting from human slavery and suffering, so how much do you really care?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I do and I try. Buying beans instead of meat and oat milk for udder milk is a really easy thing to do on a personal level, if you look at the damage you avoid by doing so. Some things can be changed easily, some take efford, some can not be changed at all on a personal level. Buying second hand stuff is rather easy for me as well. Giving up on my car would take much more efford, I'm not ready yet. Getting out of the firm grip of all fossil destroyers is nearly impossible. So, let's start easy when you shop for groceries next time. :)

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If the ~~animal~~feotus whose death you pay for every day could speak, it would object. If it could defend itself, it would fight against its death. It wants to go on living just like you. But you kill it anyway, against its will, because you can, because the ~~animal~~fetus is innocent

I can hardly think of any parallels to the pro-lifers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Come on, now you are paying dumb! :)
A foetus is not alive yet. It's own it's way, but it can not survive on it's own, if it could talk it wouldn't, because it has not a functioning brain, yet. It doesn't suffer, yet. Plus there is it's host, the mother, who's body is hers to decide what to do.
Pigs, dogs, cows and fish, they are sentient beings who we share the planet with, different but equal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Pigs, dogs, cows and fish, they are sentient beings who we share the planet with, different but equal.

i would not say you are equal to a fish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I took that last line to be sarcastic.