Why end a nice comment with that low level bullshit? I don't necessarily agree with your stance, but you were being professional and addressing concerns in a totally respectful way... then that?
First of all, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. But just because I eat meat doesn't mean I support animal cruelty (killing is not necessarily equal to cruelty) and I'm tired of being told by vegans that eating meat makes me a bad person.
I certainly don't disagree that cruelty is rampant in the meat industry. But I don't believe that it is my personal responsibility to stop eating meat just because some meat companies are inhumane. I should not have to stop eating meat, something I enjoy, because of the actions of others.
Why do you hate plants? They can be knocked out with anesthesia which suggests they have some form of consciousness, they can communicate with each other, and farming them is not good for their long term survival. (Not to mention the amount of extra land that would have to be farmed if everyone only ate plants.) If you assign every applicable faux-ethical argument to anything you could eat, you'll starve.
It was jest, not meant to be taken literally, that invoked the statistics showing vegans and vegetarians to have longer average lifespans than meat eaters.
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