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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by abfan1127 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:00PM (#20631118)
this seems like the idea that Americans eat cows and pigs, but not horses and dogs... not necessarily an ethical issue, but more a social norms issue.
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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by elliekelly on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:10PM (#20631438)
> not necessarily an ethical issue, but more a social norms issue.

I'm not convinced these two things are mutually exclusive. I'd even guess that social norms are most often spurred to change by people who start the conversation about the flawed "ethics" of a given social norm.

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