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Re:Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years by taffer on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:43PM (#20822116)
One could argue that billions of children have no chance to exist because of contraceptives, just as you argue that billions of animals have no chance to exist if we stopped breeding them.
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Re:Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years by yters on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:55PM (#20822255)
Oh I see, if existence is worthwhile, even in the face of suffering, then contraceptives are preventing something worthwhile. Yes, the logic applies here too.

And, it raises an interesting question about the moral gravity of preventing existence.

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Re:Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years by linnaeus on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:39PM (#20822668)
If they don't exist they can't be harmed by not being brought into existence; since there is no one there to suffer a deprivation.
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