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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
here is my issue with the "non-killing" vegetarian approach in general.
Is indirect killing any less bad than direct killing ? Does the size of the animal matter ? do you swat mosquito's ? would you kill ants/cockroaches/rats/snakes if they came into your home. You have thousands of dustmites in your eyebrows etc, when you wipe your brow you must kill whole generations of families in a brutal way, if you are aware then to avoid the killing you should shave your brows and live in a sterile box ?
not saying i know the answers to my questions but i always wondered and have asked my veggie/religious friends these ones.
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Actually vegetarianism refers to a diet. What you are asking is a question for people who love animals.
Let me just answer your first question cause that is an interesting question allready though it should be answered by non vegetarians. Is indirect killing less bad than direct killing? Would you eat the same amount of meat if you would need to slaughter the animals for your meat consumption yourself? If so props...You are still cruel but you are no hypocrite. Many meat eaters could not slaughter an animal though. Staring into the eyes of a cow while shooting it or turning the neck of a chicken will make them feel bad and guilty. These people will have no problem though when it is killed by others and they just get to eat it. Not sure what they pretend. Its from the factory? It was dead allready? Or somebody else killed it and I am only eating it so that means I killed it indirectly so that is ok?
*50 hypocrits*