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by MarthaStewart on September 28th, 2009
The attitude of this question is that animals deserve equal or even better treatment than humans, and I think that is deeply wrong. "Animal lovers" who would protect flies do so at the expense of the health of humans. "Animal lovers" who would pay for a kidney transplant for their cat are strangely absent when there's a collection for a kidney transplant for a human. According to the UN, 852 million people in the world don't have enough to eat. Now get out there and feed every one of them before I hear you whine again about killing a chicken for dinner.
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by Hardcore Conservative on September 28th, 2009
We don't treat them as another person, because they're not. They are animals. We're at the top of the food chain and they are not, just as nature intended.
by Kristafr on September 28th, 2009
People don't treat them as other people because they aren't
by ThorThpot on October 12th, 2009
You sound like the type of fool who would shoot a wolf that is attacking a rabbit. Oooh the poor rabbit. Except the wolf is an animal too, you forget that. Without being able to kill the rabbit for its dinner, the wolf dies. Yes, death is a part of the natural system of things, even without people. Animals are, always have been, and always will be, food. The bird eats mosquitoes, the cat eats birds, the bear eats the cat, and the mosquito drinks the blood of the bear. It all works out. Now go wring your hands somewhere else.
by RC loves ice cream on September 28th, 2009
Other animals are not people. Having said that, cruelty to animals is generally illegal.
by EmptyWallet on September 28th, 2009
Well, like the poster above said "They're not people"
But to also continue this.
1. Abuse from family, they cannot stike out on a strong person, so they go for what they see as weak.
2. Misdirected anger (Inclusive to the above)
3. Just plain mean.
I had 2 dogs which took me 2 years to get them to understand when I crack a beer, I WON'T beat on them like the last human did.
by Superjimmeh on September 28th, 2009
I agree, if animals were able to speak our language they would be able to protect themselves. But as they can't, humans take advantage because in general they are selfish, greedy, arrogant and callous.
by 23Skidoo on September 28th, 2009
The first thing that leaps to mind is that we don't eat people.
Why do we eat animals? Because we are higher on the food chain - same reason some animals eat other ones.
+5
by raindancer on October 12th, 2009
We don't treat them as another person because they are not another person. There are other differences between humans and the various other species of animal than speech we can understand. Similarly, a lion will not generally treat you as another lion nor will a bear treat you as another bear because you are not one.
Would vegans be happier if all animals were killed? It's the only way to stop animal deaths y'know.
by Piano Player on June 16th, 2011
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why not kill an African for dinner? I don't like your argument, or pompous opinion that, as a human, you are superior to the animals that have just as much right to be here and live as we do.
by Superjimmeh on September 28th, 2009
Well, we'll just take away your money and food and medicine and use it all to feed the animals then. :D That should make you happy.
by MarthaStewart on September 28th, 2009
Why would you do that? I'm just saying that I think animals have as much right to live as we do.
by Superjimmeh on September 28th, 2009
Because there are 852 million people who are starving. And your response means that if we have 852 million chickens, we should not use them to feed the 852 million people, we should just let the chickens die of old age and the people die of starvation. That is selfish, and that is stupid.
by MarthaStewart on September 28th, 2009
But there wouldn't be that many chickens if they weren't bred by humans. There are many people starving because they breed like rabbits, why have so many children if you can't effin well feed them.
by Superjimmeh on September 28th, 2009
I don't see you offering to buy half of Africa the birth control they'd need to avoid that problem. It's a lot easier to just complain about other people eating animals isn't it? Heaven forbid you should actually get off your fat butt and work to make the world a better place.
by ThorThpot on September 29th, 2009
Becuase I don't care enough to do so. Birth control isn't exactly expensive if everyone just bought their own..I don't see what that has to do with the consumption of animals. I think it's wrong to kill and eat animals, that's my opinion end of. And for your information my butt is not fat.
by Superjimmeh on September 29th, 2009
If you stopped Africans from eating animals merely because you think it's "wrong," you would instantly cause starvation and DEATH of millions of humans who are already malnourished. YOU are wrong, you are also cruel, to not see the implications of your assertions and the huge damage they could cause.
by MarthaStewart on September 30th, 2009
but why is the life of an African of greater importance than that of the animal?? There are other sources of food than animals. I've survived on a healthy vegetarian diet since the age of 4 and I'm not malnourised.
by Superjimmeh on September 30th, 2009
You are incredibly dense to not understand what's been clearly stated to you five times in five ways so far. Unless you're out buying tofu burgers for each of those 852 million starving humans, you should just keep your mouth closed; they will eat what they have to, whatever they can find, in order to survive. And that might be a root, it might be some ants, it might be a bunny rabbit. Get over it. If you want to ask them not to eat that rabbit, offer them alternative, they don't have one presently.
by MarthaStewart on September 30th, 2009
.as much of a parodoX as it soundZ..i agrEE with both of you.
The lyfe of an animal is very precious indEEd..as much as ourZ.
whO's to say it's not? .we arE all meat...thE fOOd of otherZ.
.naturE has intended us to bE ablE to absorb and digest our own matter(not personally)..meat. We do not eat eachother(morals aside) bcuZ therE arE animals, fruits, veggies,& nuts..and wE arE not low in thEse quantities...
by justincredible on October 2nd, 2009
Lyke martha said, somE people cannot help what they eat...and therE arE implications that a vegetarian diet is undernourished, most commonly in calcium & protein..i agrEE with jimmeh when you say wE arE selfish, greedy, arrogant and callous.. bcuZ naturE has intended that wE lOOk out for #1 at thE eXpense of whateVer to surViVe...to gO against that is a great woman or man..not thE aVerage.
by justincredible on October 2nd, 2009
No you're missing my point, which is that I am not interested in human rights or feeding starving Africans. I don't consider their lives more important than animals and so do not feel obliged to offer ideas of alternative food sources for them other than meat. I think man kind is big, ugly and damn selfish enough to look out for themselves. Essentially there is no way you can justify saying that the life of an animal has less value than that of a human being and therefore you cannot justify taking the life of an animal to sustain a person's.
by Superjimmeh on October 10th, 2009
I'm kind of busy and arguing the toss about my vegetarianism and animal rights is something I have done since the age of four, when I discovered morals, so as you can imagine it gets kind of tedious. As are you. If you disagree that's fine I don't give a nun's pisser, but please let's drop it.
by Superjimmeh on October 10th, 2009
idk where your first comment is coming from...but hey, whateVer.
.can wE still bE friendZ??? =]
by justincredible on October 10th, 2009
That wasn't aimed at you that was to Martha lol. Anal. Sure why not..(:
by Superjimmeh on October 10th, 2009
oh! ..haha.
i kinda thought so.
anal!? what thE!?
by justincredible on October 10th, 2009
I'm guessing that Jimmeh says "Anal" because he has his head up his ass. :D
by GeorgeGee left Answerbag (What's this?) on October 10th, 2009
Many of the animals you are defending would happily eat smaller animals for their own survival. They would happily eat humans as well. It's part of the natural cycle.
by raindancer on October 12th, 2009
yep you know, George lol. Yea because they have no choice and don't know better. But please, as I said, BORING! (:
by Superjimmeh on October 14th, 2009