when@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago[Ethics] Why do people condemn Zoophilia on the basis of other animal's inability to consent but those same people kill animals without asking for their consent? Why such inconsistency?message-squaremessage-square261linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-square[Ethics] Why do people condemn Zoophilia on the basis of other animal's inability to consent but those same people kill animals without asking for their consent? Why such inconsistency?when@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square261linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoSkipping over the fact that killing animals for food isn’t necessary
minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoand pretty much no one does that anyway
minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIt absolutely is necessary for a lot of people to avoid starving currently, and industrial agriculture necessarily kills a shitload of wild animals too so being vegan in a modern setting still puts a non-zero kill count on your diet
minus-squareAxxys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoI feel like that statement needs some caveats. There’s quite a few situations where “killing is necessary for food” is an accurate statement.
Skipping over the fact that killing animals for food isn’t necessary
and pretty much no one does that anyway
It absolutely is necessary for a lot of people to avoid starving currently, and industrial agriculture necessarily kills a shitload of wild animals too so being vegan in a modern setting still puts a non-zero kill count on your diet
I feel like that statement needs some caveats. There’s quite a few situations where “killing is necessary for food” is an accurate statement.