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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by pm90 on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:39PM (#17201932)
Killing oneself is not nearly the same as deciding to not have children. The latter is a choice which will not harm you or your health.
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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by mkempe on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:43PM (#17201945)
The stated purpose is "reduce impact", not "avoid harm to myself".
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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by tagh on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:16PM (#17202103)
Your logic is correct when we exclude all context and reasonable assumptions.

We could also end poverty by killing the poor.

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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by mkempe on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:52PM (#17207280)
Your analogy would be valid if someone had previously claimed that the single most effective way to end poverty is to prevent the poor from having children. Then one could explore the logical conclusions of their advice.
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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by pm90 on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:01PM (#17202033)
There are many implicit assumptions to any statement. Don’t like this wasn’t one of them.
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