To be fair to Batlord, he was responding to me. I said people who eat meat don't give much of a ****. And I belief see that.
You might give a **** in theory. On paper. But not in reality. Or at least not enough of a **** to sacrifice a luxury food item.
The anger Chula and TH are displaying at that is just the cognitive dissonance of thinking of yourself as an animal lover and then realizing you've sacrificed **** all to help any animals.
To be clear that describes me too. I kind of give a **** when I see Peta style videos on animal suffering but not enough to rearrange my diet. It doesn't mean you don't care at all just that you care more about sticking to the foods you're used to.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Our attitudes about the sanctity of life are shaped by culture. In a meat eating society our values are shaped to value animal life less. I'm sure there's an instinct to value human life more but the culture reinforces that even for the most fervent vegan.
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I don't see the distinction you are making between culturally reinforced values and morality.