Quote (Thor123422 @ 27 Dec 2019 01:32)

Why are you keeping this thread alive without contributing?

Quote (dos350 @ Dec 26 2019 09:33am)

ive contributed enough by voting, posing the question and making the pic in op

whats it to u anyway why u keeping it alive by raging at me 30 pages later?

Quote (dos350 @ Dec 26 2019 10:33am)

ive contributed enough by voting, posing the question and making the pic in op

whats it to u anyway why u keeping it alive by raging at me 30 pages later?

Quote (obisent @ 27 Dec 2019 01:42)

Seems like an even split in votes, what was your vote?

Quote (Thor123422 @ 27 Dec 2019 01:42)

Yeah but why keep it going? Its been two years and everybody who is going to vote and discuss has done so. Let it die man.

Quote (dos350 @ Dec 26 2019 09:44am)

yes, ofcourse ;)

its not going to die, u might aswell embrace it and go get some dogmeat bbq

Quote (ThatAlex @ 10 Jul 2018 20:13)

I go the other way with it. I'm morally opposed to eating a dog, but then I question why I am okay with eating a cow.

Sure, one is considered a pet and one is not. There's also social convention and cultural factors. On the other hand, both animals are mammals with basic emotional capabilities.

It appears to me that we have some sort sliding scale intelligence test that we indirectly use in determining which animals we can or cannot eat. Monkey, dog, or dolphin? Too smart to eat. Cows? Generally yes, but perhaps more gray. Chicken or fish? We eatin' dat shit.

I'd argue that mammals are so similar to one another that perhaps we should decide whether it should be morally acceptable to eat them or not. I think it probably isn't, but burgers and bacon just taste so damn good. I really struggle with this.

Quote (ThatAlex @ 27 Dec 2019 02:24)

I've now evolved a little bit on this issue. I have been a vegetarian for the past 11 months. I'm ethically opposed to buying and eating meat given I have other nutritional and economical alternatives. Though, I realize not everyone has the luxury of this choice.

I'm not opposed to meat-eating in principle. I do think we should minimize animal suffering if possible, but my bigger issue with meat eating in America is the factory farming aspect of it. We are just so disconnected from the meat we eat. I'm not opposed to hunting.

Quote (ThatAlex @ Dec 26 2019 11:24am)

I've now evolved a little bit on this issue. I have been a vegetarian for the past 11 months. I'm ethically opposed to buying and eating meat given I have other nutritional and economical alternatives. Though, I realize not everyone has the luxury of this choice.

I'm not opposed to meat-eating in principle. I do think we should minimize animal suffering if possible, but my bigger issue with meat eating in America is the factory farming aspect of it. We are just so disconnected from the meat we eat. I'm not opposed to hunting.

Quote (dos350 @ Dec 26 2019 10:29am)

excuse me but wat has this got to do with eating doggies? how has that part evolved?

Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 26 2019 12:30pm)

dogs have evolved from wolves. i thought everyone knew that...