I asked the question I meant to ask
, it is not the case that because it is not immoral for animals to kill other animals(they are not moral agents), it is ok for us to do so.
right but this is not enough evidence to assume it is immoral. we need some reason to believe it is immoral, or it is probably ok
what is a better use for grass than to feed cows?
calling me names doesn’t change the fact that I’m right
no one at the store has free will, but I do?
If enough people didn’t buy the product then there wouldn’t be a demand and the person that pays the “milker” wouldn’t pay them anymore.
we made milk before we had money. there is no reason to believe it will ever stop
And I believe the “rape of animals” vegans refer to is taking their milk without consent.
milking isn’t rape, either.
Buying the product increases the demand for the product making the store want to provide the product so they purchase it from the farmer.
the. store makes their own decisions. I don’t decide for them
That isn’t how supply/demand works. If you are creating a demand, which you are when buying the product, you are incentivizing someone to create a supply.
supply and demand is a price seeking theory. you are misapplying the term to use it this way
You pay the store for the milk, the store pays the wholesaler and the wholesaler pays the farmer who is committing “animal abuse/ rape”.
but I’m not paying the store to pay the farmer. I’m paying for a product.
further, artificial insemination is a veterinary procedure. it is not rape.
paying them as indirectly as you are supporting the animal abuse indirectly.
no, you’re not. if someone is abusing livestock, they are paid by someone who isn’t me and long before I walk into the grocery store.
you are absolved of responsibility for animal abuse completely just because you are paying someone to do it
no one is paying someone to abuse animals
you should check a dictionary. farmers exploit their fields, oil companies exploit wells. don’t take my word for it
and the other people in my inbox certainly don’t think I’m vegan. why do you?
you’ve assumed i agree with your position that eating meat = animal exploitation,
this is a bare fact. like drinking water is often exploited from a well. exploitation is not bad in itself.
The fact is that if you banned animal ag, you would significantly reduce total child labor violations.
how can you prove this?
at least someone trying to reduce one’s dependancy on this shit is doing something
but i AM doing something. i bought a buss pass last month. it’s just as effective!
can you show a causal link between being vegan and a decrease in child labor? my guess is that there is a general trend of increased child labor globally that tracks closely the rise in veganism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNPV5c2Verc