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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by zztop44 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:12PM (#37971678)
It’s hard for an individual to regulate or reduce factory farming. And indeed the overlap between vegans and animal rights activists is likely quite large.

But there’s also something to be said of simply opting out of a system you believe to be evil. For example, with slavery, the correct response is not to advocate to regulate or reduce how much slavery occurs while still being a slave owner. The correct response is first to not be a slave owner.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by yieldcrv on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:25PM (#37971769)
does your analogy extend to no pets as well?

I’m trying to understand the extent of your particular position, or which similarity to focus on

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by zztop44 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:38PM (#37971829)
I don’t have any particular position, beyond hypocrisy. I’ve been vegan at times in the past, currently I’m not.

As for pet ownership, I honestly don’t know. I think it’s certainly ethically complicated but personally I don’t think it’s wrong per se. I would say there’s a massive difference between keeping a dog as a pet and keeping a tiger or monkey, though.

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by yieldcrv on Sunday October 22, 2023 @12:30AM (#37972832)
no field animals anymore

but house animals though

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by block_dagger on Sunday October 22, 2023 @01:49AM (#37973120)
Keeping a dog could be considered worse from the perspective of forced eugenics by our ancestors against canines. Domesticated dogs are abominations, some say.
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