Seriously guys, it was only supposed to be one shout in the shout box. It turned into pages and pages full of debate.. You eat meat, good for you! You may be easily able to sleep at night, but I simply can't if I ever eat meat again! I would remember the facial expressions of that baby pig!
Why make a thread about it then? You presented your thoughts on a public forum, and this public doesn’t mince words. When you enter an arena of ideas, yours are fair game.
I don’t mind people like MAB talking about it. He raises some of the more interesting dilemmas that are involved in this particular topic and drops the occasional factoid to chew on or recommendation to check out. Sure, his ethical model is selective to meet his own ends and is arbitrary upon deeper investigation, but who’s isn’t? It works for him, great. He is hurting nobody with it, and overall it’s quite a respectable one, well meant for the most part. It is not a monolith of all things correct, though. Quite the contrary.
But people like you, when you throw in “Killing any live being that have feelings and can smile is just like eating your own baby” I just have to get involved. It’s the lowest form of criticism you can find. Shallow, ill-thought out, unconsciously dishonest criticism that falls apart due to its own internal inconsistencies. I’m not even going to explain to you what the difference is in your little assertion because you already know. And if you honestly don’t know, you’ll probably never know. If you don’t know, then you are either incredibly stupid, playing devil's advocate, or an inhumane bastard with only superficial morality offered to us to garner praise and attention for yourself. Fuck that. I need a little more substance if you want me to take you seriously. I need a little more meat to chew on.
Go away and think about it more. There is nothing worse than a fresh evangelical born-again advocate of an old idea.