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Originally Posted by Baile
If we don't have to eat animals - if NOT eating them is actually healthier - WHY ARE WE KILLING AND EATING THEM?! Had the identical epiphany years ago. Sky-opening-up-and-light-shining-down sort of thing.
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I have often thought that the
fundamental issue in terms of 'do
no harm'
etc. is the
degree of the 'sentience' that is 'cannibalized' (all non-plant life on Earth lives
by 'eating' life - what is normally thought of as life that is). Even 'vegetarians' 'kill' the plants they eat. Fruit-arians and nut-arians don't, but I don't 'see' the possibility of
that becoming the human 'norm'.
Here's something thought-provoking along the above lines:
https://www.facebook.com/InTheKnowIn...7136987245622/