Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia

Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by dorfsmay on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:42PM (#16080114)

Plants release pheromones when being collected, cut etc...[1] which some people argue is a way to express suffering and has lead some people to "eat only fallen fruit" [2]. The whole debate of vegetarianism vs vegan, is exploiting animal for food (milk, eggs) ethical? Some people argue that a pure vegetarian lifestyle is unhealthy...

This is why I am saying that one needs to draw a line, and that it isn't necessarily easy. It sounds like you made your choice and that it was easy for you, but that isn't the case for everybody.

[1]: https://www.wired.com/2013/12/secret-language-of-plants/

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism

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Re:Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in North... by hnaccy on Friday January 05, 2018 @01:50PM (#16080635)

I fail to see how the possibility of further debate in the finer details makes the answer to your original question, what animals are moral to consume, less obvious.

Would you accept a plantation owner claiming slavery's immorality was not obvious because there were arguments to be had about the ethics of "wage slavery" etc?

>but that isn't the case for everybody.

This is a moral failing.

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