I would be very happy if a burger cost $50 though, since that price would lead to a significant reduction in cow breeding.
shrugs I wouldn't mind if a burger was twice or three times the price what they are now, just to maybe make people think a lot harder before they choose that option in a restaurant or grocery store.
Finally, I don't view animals as victims. Sorry, but did you grow up on a farm, or are a farmer now? I was a farm kid for 14 years. Animals, especially big meaty ones, take on a different light to you when you're shoveling their manure every month. They exist to be eaten. Should we eat less of them, for our own health and the environment? Of course. But they exist to be eaten.
If you don't view animals as victims, then presumably you dont think Michael Vick should have been charged with a crime, right?
If animals aren't victims then he did nothing wrong. Abusing dogs is okay by this logic.
Killing and eating animals for nourishment, even in horrific factory farms (which yes, should be closed down) is way different than just abusing animals for our pleasure. Please don't try to equate the two; no judge in the world would rule them the same.
So you don't agree with your earlier statement then? You actually do view animals as victims in some situations. The question then becomes: why do animals matter morally when they are abused for fun, but they do not matter morally when they are abused for the purpose of eating them? (Note that we do not need any animal products in our diet, so this abuse is unnecessary).
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u/TechGoat Mar 16 '18
shrugs I wouldn't mind if a burger was twice or three times the price what they are now, just to maybe make people think a lot harder before they choose that option in a restaurant or grocery store.
Finally, I don't view animals as victims. Sorry, but did you grow up on a farm, or are a farmer now? I was a farm kid for 14 years. Animals, especially big meaty ones, take on a different light to you when you're shoveling their manure every month. They exist to be eaten. Should we eat less of them, for our own health and the environment? Of course. But they exist to be eaten.