Regardless of whether or not someone is a true vegan, the difference is in the mindset. I don't believe it is right to kill animals. Don't forget humans are animals too and we wouldn't want another species doing to us what we're doing to other species.
I think humans need to acknowledge that we are doing the wrong thing to animals, then we can improve the process. I challenge you to name a product that we don't have to technology to change to avoid killing animals. Even meat itself can be grown in a science lab without harming animals. Justifying our current actions by saying "it's inevitable" takes away any possibility of improvement.
I do, however, still thank you for writing this post. Because this mindset is what a lot of my friends have, and it needs to be out in the open, discussed and hopefully corrected.
irrelevant. We all use animals either way, either for medical testing to get our medications or in products.
again. the argument is. One cannot be a vegetarian.
I know what your argument is. But you're also implying that because it's impossible right now to be vegetarian, let's not even try or worry about animal welfare, which is the wrong mindset.
No it is not wrong because it is IMPOSSIBLE to do in the modern world. You can try and patch one hole but there are millions others. Even if we go all vegetarian billions or mice and other animals will die every year from mass agriculture. All of us will still use airplanes. Most of our products like medications will still use animal products.
it is INEVITABLE.
We can keep going back and forth forever. I'm not saying that it's possible right now to be vegetarian, or whether we have the ability to become vegetarian. I'm saying that ethically you cannot agree with animal slaughter because we are animals too and we need to have compassion for other animals. If you wrote with the right ethical standpoint, it will be something like, right now animals are killed for medical testing, for planes, for agriculture etc etc and this needs to change. Not like, okay let's just keep doing it because it's inevitable..
We can keep going back and forth forever but my stance is not going to change. I'm guessing from your reply neither is yours so my replies will stop here.
nop. ethically I agree. so does most of the planet. life needs to eat life to survive.