Comments on: Stupid Things Omnivores Say: They Would Eat Us http://www.vegansoapbox.com/stupid-things-omnivores-say-they-would-eat-us/ vegan theory, vegan activism, vegan video, vegan food and vegan resources for vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal liberationists, and abolitionists Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:16:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: VeganSoapbox.com « Vegan Musings http://www.vegansoapbox.com/stupid-things-omnivores-say-they-would-eat-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 VeganSoapbox.com « Vegan Musings Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:48:55 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=720#comment-1428 [...] recent post addresses a common response to veganism: that if animals were in our place, they would eat us.  I [...] [...] recent post addresses a common response to veganism: that if animals were in our place, they would eat us.  I [...]

]]> By: Bea Elliott http://www.vegansoapbox.com/stupid-things-omnivores-say-they-would-eat-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 Bea Elliott Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:13:23 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=720#comment-1419 I'm usually pleased when an ethics argument gets reduced to "but they'd eat us" - That whole excuse is as ridiculous as it sounds. Of the 99% of animals humans do eat - they are all passive and harmless - terrified of us - (and with good reason). What a far reach to equate the wild lion hunting his prey to the institutionalized dis-assembly line at the slaughterhouse. It's an absurd comparison. When it rears it's (comical) ugly head I think "desperation". I’m usually pleased when an ethics argument gets reduced to “but they’d eat us” – That whole excuse is as ridiculous as it sounds. Of the 99% of animals humans do eat – they are all passive and harmless – terrified of us – (and with good reason). What a far reach to equate the wild lion hunting his prey to the institutionalized dis-assembly line at the slaughterhouse. It’s an absurd comparison. When it rears it’s (comical) ugly head I think “desperation”.

]]> By: Alex Melonas http://www.vegansoapbox.com/stupid-things-omnivores-say-they-would-eat-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 Alex Melonas Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:49:35 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=720#comment-1416 Quote: "Our ethical obligations arise from our capacity to reason and to behave ethically, not from another’s lack of capacity." Aarrgghh, why can't people understand this!?! It's self-evident that this is a faulty argument for ethical responsibilities given certain premises we generally hold regarding children or the senile, for example; and yet, it is a correction that I must make all the time when talking to omnivores. ~ Recent blog post: <a href="http://www.not-quiteright.net/tvg/2008/07/when-animals-attack.html" rel="nofollow">When animals attack:</a> at http://www.not-quiteright.net/tvg ~ Quote:

“Our ethical obligations arise from our capacity to reason and to behave ethically, not from another’s lack of capacity.”

Aarrgghh, why can’t people understand this!?!

It’s self-evident that this is a faulty argument for ethical responsibilities given certain premises we generally hold regarding children or the senile, for example; and yet, it is a correction that I must make all the time when talking to omnivores.

~ Recent blog post: When animals attack: at http://www.not-quiteright.net/tvg ~

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