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Re:A no-beef diet is great – but only if you don’t replace i... by spankyspangler on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:23PM (#27256216)
> Given the state of factory farming and our understanding of neurobiology, moral catastrophe is a perfectly reasonable assertion.

No I don't think it is reasonable at all.

> Animals suffer immensely,

Untrue. Eating chicken or cow meat does not require the animals suffer immensely.

Some farming, transport, and slaughter practices cause needless suffering. But others don't, they actually allow pretty decent lives for the animals.

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Re:A no-beef diet is great – but only if you don’t replace i... by aww_dang on Monday May 24, 2021 @01:47AM (#27261410)
The willingness to generalize about and castigate meat eaters is telling.

>pretty decent lives for the animals

There is a romanticized vision of nature which isn't entirely accurate. Consider animals in a state of nature. Most will die horrible deaths after suffering sickness or death. Humanely treated domestic animals live charmed lives in comparison. Their health is valued, protected by human incentives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVlifTAdlM

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