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BADSPOT IS most pathetic user in blockland history
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: McZealot on August 27, 2017, 02:53:09 PM ---Cows also release an extremely high amount of greenhouse gases, heating the Earth and damaging the envirornment
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if we all eat tofu dogs we could stop global warming
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--- Quote from: Mr. Bones on August 27, 2017, 02:55:32 PM ---.
A cut/bruise/water isn't a one way ticket to die-of-disease land. You know animals don't drink tapwater that is 100 percent bacteria free, right?
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It could be if this lame cow suddenly stopped feeling emotion and pain, if this cow started drinking liquids shes not supposed to or if theres stuff in the water, etc
Nonnel:
--- Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on August 27, 2017, 02:47:57 PM ---Replacing 10% of livestock with grains would be in no way an affordable substitute. If it was, we already would have done this.
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are you memeing me
the rule of 10% means that when you eat grass, you get 10% of its energy. if you eat a cow that eats grain, you're getting 10% of the energy from that beef, or 1% of the energy from the grass. it is less efficient.
i never said that we should replace 10% of livestock with grain, i said it would be more efficient, and therefore sustainable, if the land being used to grow crops to be fed to cows were used to grow crops for people. you don't have to clear more land.
also "if it was, we would have already done this" is a more than silly line of reasoning.
Mega-Bear:
--- Quote from: Mr. Bones on August 27, 2017, 02:41:16 PM ---So if a cow lost its sense of pain and didn't feel emotions, you'd kill it? The point I'm making is that it's stupid that whether it feels it or not makes it unethical. It's still life.
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Uhh for the record, I actually like some meats and don't mind if animals are killed en masse. So don't get the idea that I'm against the meat industry entirely. There was misinformation being spread about the degree to which commonly slaughtered animals could "feel" and I felt like contributing some facts.
But since you seem interest in my personal opinion-- yes, I do believe the extent of pain an organism feels should play into how it is killed for our consumption. Humans are super intelligent and I think, for both ethical and (personally) religious reasons, we should show some responsibility and humility if we are going to kill animals in large numbers.
For instance if an animal is killed for sport I don't really care about what it goes through. It's only when they are being killed off in large numbers by businesses that I think some measures need to be taken to be sure the conditions are clean, the animals are healthy, and their deaths are about as humane as we can manage.
I actually have no clue what you're getting at. "It's still life" for instance is just vague, what do you even mean by that?
Red Spy:
jokes aside if you don't like bacon you deserve to die