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Just throwing in Buddhas dilemma when he wanted to stop eating meat, but realized the insects that die in the process and asking himself does one life form have more value than another?
But if the answer to that is no, then by eating meat you’re responsible for the death of the animal you eat, plus all the insects that were killed to raise crops to feed it before you ate it. For something like a cow, they’re eating significantly more crops than you would because they weigh like 1000 lbs.
If the answer is yes, then don’t eat the cow, because as far as we can tell it has more awareness and capacity for suffering than a bug.
Some can argue insects are more important to our ecosystem.
Either way, I have personally cut back on eating red meat. Been trying to cut back on meat altogether, but strictly for my health. At this point in the world, I don't have much hope. Climate change will dictate what we eat.
Unless you consume the entire animal yourself and refuse to share, the math doesn't check out.
One life does have more value than another. I'll kill a hundred cows to save a human.
But only if I have to. I won't kill a hundred cows to save the minor inconvenience of finding something different to eat.
Insects are more important to our ecosystem, yet we don't seem to care about that because they aren't fuzzy and cute.
"we" care just fine. I don't spray pesticide. I work with my land to keep critters out of my house. Human compassion is not in short supply.
And I'll kill every one of those fuckers if it would save human lives.
Will not eating veggies save them? Or are they dying for other reasons?