Originally Posted by Arnox

A lot of people would consider this analogy to be a perfectly sound example of why 'it's a choice' doesn't really matter.

A lot of people who abstain from the consumption of animal products would argue that using Android or Apple applications doesn't cause harm to others, so you are free to do as you wish. Whereas they would argue that your choice in diet causes direct harm to animals, so you should avoid using a line of argument that depends on personal preference.

As demonstrated in the analogy, keeping slaves causes direct harm to others, and you would likely abstain from that practice because you know this. Those that don?t eat meat would claim that you should similarly abstain from a practice where you cause direct harm to non-human animals.