• ageedizzle@piefed.ca
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    12 days ago

    I think you’re letting perfect be the enemy of good here. You’re acting like the options are (a) cause as much suffering as you like, or (b) literally not eat anything at all. But of course there is ample middle ground between these two poles.

    Note that in my other messages I said the point of veganism is to not cause any unnecessary suffering. Eating a burger is unnecessary. Eating in general, however, is necessary. That said, there are ways of eating that which cause drastically less suffering (ie by being vegan). So if your goal is to minimize suffering, that’s the way to go.

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      12 days ago

      >You’re acting like the options are (a) cause as much suffering as you like

      no. I’m saying that everyone makes decisions about which animals get treated which ways. eating a burger doesn’t cause any harm, anyway.

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        12 days ago

        You’re acting like the options are (a) cause as much suffering as you likeno.

        Letting animals be tortured and slaughtered en masse just to satisfy your trivial gustatory preferences is acting as if you can just cause as much suffering as you like.

        eating a burger doesn’t cause any harm, anyway.

        Are you unfamiliar with the industry standards in factory farms and slaughterhouses? If you are then theres no way you can honestly believe that eating a burger does not cause harm. Does it not harm the cow to slit her throat and let her bleed out?

        • FelixCress@lemmy.worldOP
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          12 days ago

          Letting animals be tortured and slaughtered en masse just to satisfy your trivial gustatory preferences

          And there you go:

          “Holier-than-thou vegans with pamphlet level arguments they force upon everybody are a problem.”

          People don’t share your dietary choices. Deal with it.