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Crabs, crustaceans, and pain (www.earth.com)
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[–] riplin@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

As much as I hate to see pain and suffering in the world, animals have no qualms about eating other animals alive.

[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

We have the knowledge and ability to be better

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

But we can do so much better than that don't you think?

[–] Swallowtail@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Animals also rape each other (and sometimes other species), kill the children of other fathers, urinate and shit wherever they want... To be logically consistent, you're also arguing that all of those things are fine for us to do too.

[–] riplin@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I said no such thing. Go pick a fight somewhere else, bud.

[–] Swallowtail@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Unless I misinterpreted your argument, it seemed like you were justifying this practice based on the fact that other animals besides us inflict pain and suffering on other animals. If that is the core argument, then to be logically consistent, you'd have to also be ok with us doing everything else I mentioned.