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Originally Posted by Delta Tango
Somehow, I prefer the approach from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
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It's tempting, but the problem with that is we'd basically create a slave-race.
Even if they think they want to be eaten, it's us who created them to be just that. (Think Brave New World.)
Doesn't go down as easily IMO.
I'd prefer non-sentient food.
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As for hurting the animals, you shouldn't consider slaughtering them for food as hurting them.
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I don't really. It just depends on HOW they are slaughtered. If done right, it shouldn't be a problem.
If done wrong, it ends up in a PETA promotional video...
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
You're killing living beings with every lettuce leaf...
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Probably even when breathing. Or brushing your teeth. Chewing gum containing Xylitol...
Fortunately few of these cells are sentient. - As far as we know...