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Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by echelon_musk on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:34PM (#37425921)
This feels like what aboutism. The parent argument is no less valid just because other horrors occur.

I wonder If you knew they were already vegan - would you have provided the same reply.

Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ThrowawayTestr on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:55PM (#37426137)
Saving lives is way more justifiable than filling bellies.
Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ChatGTP on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:06PM (#37426254)
That's if we continue to believe human lives are more important than pig lives.

I personally think this view is problematic and it's why we're ruining the environment. We have a false sense of importance which shouldn't exist and it might send us extinct if we're not careful.'

For example, give me one single reason why we think we have the right to pollute the environment, fill the water ways with tyre dust, chop down the amazon, factory farm?

It's a lack of respect for other things which is the issue.

Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ThrowawayTestr on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:43PM (#37427252)
Human lives are more important.
Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ChatGTP on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:15PM (#37427550)
What’s more important about them ?

I think all life is important.

Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ThrowawayTestr on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:29PM (#37427672)
Do you use hand sanitizer?
Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by brewtide on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:42PM (#37427768)
"Our world" not "the world". Gets worse and worse as we distance ourselves further from nature and "real world things" and focus more and more on these screens and the 'world' we have created.

Honestly, I think we're overall pretty doomed. But hey, round and round it goes.

Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by callalex on Friday September 08, 2023 @12:35AM (#37429368)
I will preface this with my credentials: I am a lifelong vegetarian and aspiring vegan.

Where do we draw the line? As a human, I have to go on walks to live a healthy, long life. Every time I go on a walk I am crushing many bugs, and occasionally reptiles or their eggs beneath my feet. When I eat food, even plant based, many bugs and worms are necessarily killed in the process. At some fundamental level, human existence is competitive and destructive to other life. Personally, I just do my best to minimize this impact.

Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ChatGTP on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:40AM (#37444240)
I think accidentally walking on a bug is a bit different to large scale habitat destruction.
Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by Turskarama on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:49AM (#37430324)
If you don't believe human lives are more important than animal lives then you are morally obligated to kill as many humans as possible. Even a vegan human will indirectly lead to the deaths of thousands of animals in their lifetime through habitat destruction and climate change.