[split] "Some people eat animals, some don't."

[Monica]

animals kill each other all the time.

You can't have it both ways. You can't first argue that it's ok to kill animals because they aren't self-aware, implying that we are more highly evolved than they are, and then turn around and argue that we should behave like animals.

If we are STO, then we owe them what service we can provide.

Killing them against their will, all to satisfy our own lust for the taste of their flesh, isn't serving them in any way, shape or form.

If we 'owe' them anything it's compassion and enough respect to let them live their lives, instead of selfishly taking their lives when we don't even need to at all.

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