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RVCA · 11-13-2010, 05:16 PM

I find vegetarians a bit wishy-washy myself. From what modern science can determine, no other species on the planet is capable of metacognition, or thinking about thinking. Sure, animals feel pain and perhaps other more complex emotions, but where does a vegetarian draw the line? It's not okay to eat cows, chickens, and pigs because it's "unethical". Is it okay for primitive African tribes to eat insects as a source of nutrition? Surely they're animals as well, and on a psychologically evolutionary scale, they're on the same playing field as the aforementioned meats. Is it okay to exterminate ants because they're invading your home? Aren't they animals as well?

If you think it's wrong to eat cows but okay to eat insects and kill ants, you need to describe to me how and where you made that distinction.

One might ever go as far to argue that because animals like cows are bred exclusively for our consumption, it's even less ethical to consume insects that were born of their own accord, so to speak.

11-13-2010, 05:16 PM	#783 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	I find vegetarians a bit wishy-washy myself. From what modern science can determine, no other species on the planet is capable of metacognition, or thinking about thinking. Sure, animals feel pain and perhaps other more complex emotions, but where does a vegetarian draw the line? It's not okay to eat cows, chickens, and pigs because it's "unethical". Is it okay for primitive African tribes to eat insects as a source of nutrition? Surely they're animals as well, and on a psychologically evolutionary scale, they're on the same playing field as the aforementioned meats. Is it okay to exterminate ants because they're invading your home? Aren't they animals as well? If you think it's wrong to eat cows but okay to eat insects and kill ants, you need to describe to me how and where you made that distinction. One might ever go as far to argue that because animals like cows are bred exclusively for our consumption, it's even less ethical to consume insects that were born of their own accord, so to speak.