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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
Animals don't need to make a conscious decision to change their diets because their nature doesn't have a negative effect on the environment or life as a whole. Why would they need to improve on that?
We, on the other hand, have the ability to make conscious decisions regarding our world and we still fuck it up constantly. Doesn't sound like superiority to me. Sounds a lot like stupidity. And I'll be the first one to admit being part of it.
When our species begins doing a better job at supporting life on this planet than the natural balance outside our influence, then you can claim superiority. Until then, all this human superiority crap is just ego being blown out of our asses because we're too self absorbed to handle the idea that our little talents aren't the end all be all of anything but our own self gratification circle jerk.
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It's not that vegetarians don't eat animals that were slaughtered or treated inhumanely or whatever--they just straight up don't eat meat. By your reasoning, there should be nothing wrong with going out into the woods, killing a deer with a spear, and then cooking it over a campfire and eating it. If somebody told me they don't eat processed foods I have no problem with that, but I often feel vegetarians are vegetarians so that *they* can feel good about themselves and smell their own farts.
And I'm the first to admit that vegetarianism is a very healthy life choice and doing it for the nutritional benefits doesn't bother me at all...