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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by lprubin on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:55PM (#20631379)
> There is some legitimacy to the idea that we should eat whatever we please because we are the apex predator.

Many men are strong enough to forcibly overpower many women and therefore there is some legitimacy to the idea that they should rape whoever they please.

Might does not make right.

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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by Retra on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @11:58PM (#20631887)
Shared morality makes right, but might makes right wherever a conflict of moralities cannot be resolved by shared ideals.
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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by ac29 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @11:12PM (#20631703)
Humans can, and should, be better than their baser instincts.
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