That wasn't a snarky remark. It was the truth. Debatable. Hedonistic/sadistic reason. Pain and suffering for personal pleasure. So are...
Rather speculative. All I am talking about is a post-carbon sustainable future. If there is enough biomass to feed 6 billion people (and that is...
I used to consider myself a direct democracy proponent until I began realizing these very truths of the average voter lol. I agree. But...
"Democracy passes into despotism." - Plato Just thought I would prelude with that quote. Plato had good reason to dislike democracy though. It...
As an Apatheist: definitely NOT a religion...
Supposedly he was also a vegetarian :)
So nobody has mentioned about other risky behaviour that implies consent that I brought up. All consent to sex implies is just that: consent...
A slave treated well works better too. Does that make it more justified. Furthermore, I have heard of cases in Asia where they literally beat...
Animals have an amazing capacity for remembering their natural ways. This being said, the domesticated animals we have today are not the ones that...
Nobody is arguing that an animal looks for the most readily available energy source that its physiology can handle. That being said, a lot of...
Okay, this is absolutely absurd. About 1/3 of the Earth's arable land is being harvested and tilled. 70-90% of this land goes to feeding...
Sorry, I didn't see some of the replies here until now. My animal rights activism is mostly word-of-mouth. Protests, literature and video...
Well, humans are more like a virus or a cancer. We are actually killing our host. And as for species, we don't have to view our entire species...
Debatable. Common sense would dictate TRYING something before making unfounded claims about it. Maybe re-read that statement. I was referring...
Okay, I don't have time to respond to keep responding to everyone individually. And it's a time to be a little more thought provoking (hopefully...
Okay, you are being stupid. You don't want to treat cows like cows? Talk about cognitive dissonance at its finest. If you want to be personally...
Actually, I am reading "Man the Hunted" right now which indicates that hominids probably evolved from being prey. And last I checked our anatomy...
You need calcium and exercise for strong bones. Not necessarily milk. The countries with the highest milk production actually have the greatest...
At the risk of sounding cruel, if they were around loved ones or friends who smoked, they should have either got out of their way, asked them to...
This is why 2/3 of North Americans are obese or overweight. The leading cause of death is heart disease and cancer (both of which were relatively...
I think Monsanto is horrible too. But most soy, wheat and corn in the US is fed to livestock and it is GM crops. I'm not sure what you mean by...
Why do you believe you would "shrivel up and blow away"? Yes, most veg*ns have a lower BMI, but that is because we fall into a healthier range...
Don't get me wrong, I still think the ability to perceive (in any form) is the closest basis we have to proving anything. I am a phenomenologist...
dattaswami meet Russell's Teapot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot
If you have no faith in your fellow man, why would you eat a 'product' that is the bioaccumulation of toxins sprayed on the animal's feed,...
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