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Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:12:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> I say if you must eat them, at least kill them swiftly before tossing them
> in the boiling water.
Honest question-- is this possible? I know that killing lobsters
"incorrectly" makes them poisonous to eat.
> Why miss opportunities to be humane? It's good self
> discipline and shows character, in my opinion.
Completely agree. However, since I don't kill my own cows, I feel quite
morally distant from the act of their death-- But I certainly would advocate
being as humane as possible.
> I think if people are going to eat meat (or not), they'll appreciate it more
> if they know where it comes from.
While it may be beneficial for their learning, and help them in other
aspects of life, I think it will do nothing but devaluate their enjoyment of
meat itself. Just want to make that clarification if that's not what you
already meant.
> I challenge all meat eaters reading this post to visit a slaughterhouse
> sometime in the near future. I'm not saying, and never said before, to give
> up meat but I know going to a slaughterhouse may spark some outrage. Perhaps
> it will change the opinion about how animals should be treated.
I don't think any of us agree that animals aren't poorly treated-- again,
it's merely dissassociation. The more we disassociate with it, the less
immoral we feel.
> Hmmm. Well, here's my rule about ownership and it works for me:
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> If you didn't make it...
> If you didn't buy it...
> If it wasn't made or bought and then given to you...
> --then--
> It does not belong to you.
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> I don't believe in the notion of "finders-keepers."
Alright then, poor example. Let's suppose I was given a button to push. I
was told that pushing the button would give me food, and was asked to push
it. It gave me food as promised. However, unbeknownst to me, the button was
*also* mutilating children when I pressed it. Was I immoral? No. *BUT*, if I
ever found out that it *was* mutilating them, and I *still* pressed it, then
I *am* immoral. Better example?
DaveE
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