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Originally Posted by rjr777
Let’s get back on track...
A couple questions to ponder:
Do you feel the need to disassociate the dead bird carcass from the piece of meat in your plate?
Does the raw uncooked and unseasoned bird look appetizing?
Does the bird feel pain when it dies?
Does turkey invigorate you with energy or deplete your energy?
Should food invigorate us or cost us energy to break down?
Do people need turkey to survive?
Eating animals is good because it makes us healthy. There's nothing wrong with killing an animal to eat it, it's good. Why would one disassociate? I bought chicken legs today, they looked good. I don't know about pain, maybe. What does it matter? I don't think pain or suffering are immoral in and of themselves. If one were causing pain for the sake of doing so, that should be illegal, not because of what's happening to the animal but because of what's going on in the head of the person causing the pain. Turkey is notorious for making people feel tired because it contains tryptophan(I think) which makes us feel sleepy. When I eat a rare steak, if it's all I eat, afterword I feel good and light and not bloated. No, don't need turkey to survive.
Animals are a resource. If you think this is species-ism, is kingdom-ism any better?
Dogs are an exception. We bred dogs to be our companions and work mates to help us survive in the world. We bred them to be especially loving and loyal. For these reasons, killing them for food should be illegal everywhere except to save a persons life like in a wilderness survival situation but even then, I think that should strike one as a deeply heinous act even though it might be necessary.
I would like for animals to be treated kindly but I don't see it as a moral thing. I would like cattle to be on good clean pasture at least an average of 3 hours/day climate permitting(ie winter doesn't count). This couldn't happen without a law being enacted and would raise the price of beef which is not nice for poor people so it's a tough situation.
If you think eating meat is bad for your health, I disagree and I am not going to get into that conversation but I have watched tons of pro vegan youtube video's and tons of carnivore type videos too.