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Originally posted by cthulu23
If no animal was harmed in the creation of the food, then there would be no moral problem with the consumption of the replicated food. The vegetarian ideal is based on the cessation of suffering so, unless replicators are fueled by puppy blood (or something like that), they would have no problem with that.
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That is the key flaw in the vegan diet. Rodents and insects are killed in the harvesting of the grain they eat. If they don't buy pesticide free food insects are killed. They like to justify themselves saying it's collateral damage but can't I just say that killing the cow is collateral damage?