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Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by ada1981 on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:42AM (#43643683)
Sure it is.
Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by elygre on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:49AM (#43643752)
I cannot kill a cow, but I’m happy there are people who can.

I also cannot build trains or houses, but I am an ardent supporter of a rain-proof roof.

Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by dagw on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:56AM (#43643818)
Those are two different uses of 'cannot'. I know how to kill a cow, but 'cannot' bring my self to do it. I 'cannot' build a train because I don't know how to, but if I did I would be happy to do so.
Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by mindslight on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:28AM (#43644149)
Do you know how to "kill" a cow in the sense of turning most of it into edible food rather than merely letting it go to waste? If not, then I'd call that a similar type of aversion.
Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by XorNot on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:04AM (#43643895)
I mean killing a cow is easy, but they weigh like 150kg and efficiently butchering the carcass is the hard part.
Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by ada1981 on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @09:04AM (#43704997)
I’m sure there are people who consume child pornography with the same stance.

One sentient being paying another stronger sentient being to exploit a weaker non consenting sentient being for “pleasure” the first sentient being with no concern for the experience of the exploited.

Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by sodality2 on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:46AM (#43643724)
Maybe if you're principally opposed to killing cows for meat, yet still eat burgers, but not if you simply could not be bothered to actually kill the cow.