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Originally Posted by qualhiveldorf
To those of you who argue that animals deserve better treatment. I fully agree that animals need to be treated more humanely but how about we focus on the horrors that humans are doing to other humans, humans have generally been far more brutal to other humans than to animals. Just consider which is more valuable a human life or an animal's life?
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It's not an "either/or" situation. Given that the economic argument is sound, consider how moving towards vegetarianism would help alleviate the problems of overpopulation. I believe that by reducing the ecological footprint required to support a meat-centric diet, we'd be
helping our fellow human beings.