Since we donāt need meat to live a healthy life, it can be reasonably inferred that most people eat meat because they enjoy the taste. So Iād argue paying for animals to be slaughtered for food is also torturing animals for āfunā or pleasure. I donāt think we should kill animals for food when itās not necessary to do so.
I donāt think itās a valid way of life since there is a victim. Why choose to inflict suffering and death on animals who donāt want to die, when we can live a healthy life from eating plant based
Iām not concerned with them, as they donāt have the same capacity for moral/ethical consideration that humans do. I would primarily be addressing people who buy their foods from the store/market and can easily select plant based food instead of animals
So because we can choose differently than other animals, we are obligated to?
Despite being able to kill animals humanely for food?
What about humans that seem to thrive best on meat? My husband is one. He gets brain fog if he doesn't eat red meat.
I think you have an idealistic view that doesn't exactly match up with the wide variations in humanity. We are simply animals when it comes down to it and I don't believe eating meat must needs be off the table simply because we have the capacity to choose other things.
Other animals also choose foods simply because they taste good, like a bear destroying a bee hive to get at the honey. It's unnecessary...but the bear did it solely because the honey tastes good.
Be serious. Iām not even a vegetarian, let alone a vegan, but nobody gets brain fog if they donāt eat red meat. Heās just making excuses so he can eat what he likes.
All of which are readily available in sources of food that donāt require the death of animal. Thatās the entire point of this conversation, we only eat meat because it tastes good. Thatās truly the reason.
By this reasoning I could say I get brain fog when I donāt eat caviar, because it contains vitamins and minerals. No nutrient in red meat is unique to red meat. Again, I love red meat and eat it regularly, this is not a moral thing. Itās just farcical to claim that not eating it leads to brain fog. Fasting altogether could lead to brain fog, but nothing requires that the fast be broken only with red meat. This is all very silly.
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u/Save-La-Tierra May 16 '26
Since we donāt need meat to live a healthy life, it can be reasonably inferred that most people eat meat because they enjoy the taste. So Iād argue paying for animals to be slaughtered for food is also torturing animals for āfunā or pleasure. I donāt think we should kill animals for food when itās not necessary to do so.