In regards to eating meat

[Raman]

Ethically speaking, the abhorrent and abusive conditions to which humans subject animals raised for food is a reflection of the abhorrent and abusive conditions to which we subject ourselves. In a world rampant with such atrocious acts as ritual abuse, infant sex trafficking, genocide, hate crimes, terrorism, and financial enslavement, it is somewhat curious to me that one would choose to take up animal rights as their raison d'être. But it is simply a curiosity, and nothing more. To each their own.

My thinking: All life is valuable. All life is sacred. Everything is equal in that no life is more valuable than another. In my mind, humans have a collective consciousness and we bear a collective responsibility for the abhorrent conditions we have created. But the reason, I think, that some people choose animal rights is akin to choosing to protect children: innocence, and inability to do anything about the abuse.

All life is sacred, very good point. I would like to add that 2d cannot destroy a planet but 3d can. Including 1d, 2d and 3d itself included. So animal rights becomes a crucial subject to be pursued as well. It is a service to others (animals) that directly reflects on the way we view human rights and environmental rights.