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Originally Posted by Stephen  Should that be ......"There's nothing wrong with eating meat unless you consider an animal had to die for your it"
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"There's nothing wrong with eating meat as long as you dont think about the death and cruelty that goes hand in hand with it"
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Don't confuse the message with the medium. "Morals," at this period in time, until we hear from god/allah/FSM
directly, are human constructs. (Please don't start a flame war on various religious texts being the word of some deity; they were written by man, and man is still fallible in my eyes, even when he acts as a deity's secretary).
Yes, I think it is morally wrong to cause an innoccent animal to suffer for the sake of a slab of meat on a plate.
Not everyone shares my opinions. You are appealing to guilt, which won't stand up in an argument based on pure logic. (It's a common fallacy in resoning.)
I think Michelle is really struggling with feelings of guilt and the relationship between moral/social/political environment and diet right now. I don't think it's fair to try to add more guilt to this conversation. Most people, when confronted with an appeal to guilt, become defensive when they realize what you are doing, and the message in your arguement is labeled "suspect". This risks obscuring the message.
(p.s. I agree with you.
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