Cock Fighting sponsored by Puerto Rico Government

[Synnical]

I realize it's a cultural thing, but cripes. It's abuse!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBff-vY_R8

[Xipe Totec]

1. So is eating boiled lobsters

or oysters on the half shell.

or carrots, for that matter.

Where do we draw the line?

I'm serious.

How do we determine the line between living beings that are worthy of empathy and those that aren't?

[Critters2]

2. I know I'm gonna be sorry I asked....but, how is eating carrots

comparable to cock fighting?

[htuttle]

3. Ask yourself how it is not, and that will tell you where you'd 'draw the line'

[Critters2]

4. It is not insofar as carrots have no central nervous system.

They aren't sentient beings.

[davidinalameda]

5. are you sure about that

:tinfoilhat:

[Critters2]

6. About what? Carrots not having central nervous systems?

Yes, I'm sure. No sensory neurons, no brain, no NCS. Not hard to figure out.

[davidinalameda]

7. ever heard of sarcasm

[Critters2]

8. You have NO idea how often we vegans hear this from people

who AREN'T being sarcastic, who want us to feel guilty about the suffering of soy beans, etc. They seem to theorize that this will make us want to eat meat, though that requires a leap of logic I've never fully understood.

So, sorry if I was dense, but it comes from my life experience.

[htuttle]

9. Fair enough. Then ask yourself if there is a difference between killing a dog and killing a cow

...and if so, why? How about between killing a horse and killing a cow?

And if we could teach cows to fetch the newspaper, would that change anything?

[Critters2]

10. I don't kill either one. I don't eat either one. Because,

no, I don't think there is a difference. And I live accordingly.

You?

[htuttle]

11. It's a bit of a grey area for me

In general, sentimentality makes me think that eating a dog is 'worse' than eating a cow.

But if I was hungry enough and had no other choice? Not so sure. I might eat the dog.

:shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

12. Two end points; one black one white

with a whole lot of gray in between.


Mostly dealing with gray matter, the absence thereof, and whether or not that makes a difference.