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Originally Posted by HansTWN
A message to all vegetarians: please do not turn this into a struggle between right and wrong. Live and let live!
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HansTWN, your advice to live and let live would be stronger if you did not then proceed to try to convince us that eating meat is "right."
It's a choice, and choices have consequences. I agree that people should decide for themselves what consequences they prefer and choose accordingly. If you want to base your decisions on what humans have eaten in the past or the shape of our teeth, you are free to do so, but not everyone needs to agree with your reasoning, just as not everyone needs to agree with my reasoning regarding limited resources or health concerns.
The value of a discussion like this is that we can see each other's reasons and consider them in our own decisions, though we may still not come to the same conclusions. I think this works best when we can say "I decided X and this is why," rather than "I decided X
and you should too" or "I decided X for these reasons,
which you must also accept as being of prime importance."