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Originally Posted by Mykonos
I wouldn't call cows stupid. Sure, they aren't as smart as humans, but they're capable of learning, thought, curiosity, even friendship. And when they get thrown through the meat grinders, they're capable of pain.
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i assume you have a pet cow then?
and to retread a stale argument, all this talk about empathy i'm going to counter with is do the animals really want us to care for their suffering?
it seems to be like some sort of set chain of life in the animal kingdom that herbivores are the staple diet of carnivores and omnivores, of course it's not that clear-cut that animals are meant to be eaten by us, but some of them do need to be devoured by carnivores anyway, i don't see any of you talking about empathy for wild gazelles and zebras horribly devoured by lions or take action to stop it
should we then corral all the wild carnivores and herbivores and then wait for the herbivores to die naturally then feed them to carnivores?
if it is so in the animal world, surely we can breed meat-intense herbivores for our consumption