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Originally Posted by Lak
"If a representative of any species can come to me and explain why thier species should not be killed and eaten by my species, then I will refrain from eating them forever, and I will advise my fellow humans to do the same."
I said that to a vegetarian after an extended argument in which neither of us were getting anywhere. I then stole his sandwich.
I'm a cunt 
Anyway, to provide an actually useful answer, I think the reason humans generally accept the mass slaughter of food-animals to be acceptable is very similar to my bastard-response above. We may not admit it, or be able to defend the position, but I think humans generally look down on other species as inferior. If I worked in a slaughterhouse, and one day I was just about to kill a cow when it said "Excuse me, old chap, would mind... you know, not killing me? Ta." I would of course reconsider immediately.
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So the inability to use language is what makes it acceptable to be cruel to a creature.
So an illiterate mute is fair game for abuse as we see fit? Maybe not, after all he may have the ability to communicate with sign language. Assume he doesn't - then what?
Also we mustn't forget young infants and the severely mentally handicapped. All without the language ability. All fair game to eat, experiment on and even torture if we so desire?
"I think humans generally look down on other species as inferior" wasn't long ago when "humans generally look down on other species as inferior".