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Originally Posted by aberkok
How can you say on the one hand it's not alright to kill your pets, which you love, and on the other hand, that it's alright to kill an animal you haven't ever met so you can eat it.
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I hope you didn't intend this to be a legitimate point. Do you care equally every time a person dies on the planet? Would you feel the same about a family member dying as a random person you've never met? For the sake of your family, I hope not.
I have no problem eating a cat raised to be eaten, assuming it's well-prepared and safe to eat. I, of course, have a problem with eating my own cat. You care about things close to you that you choose to care about, and there is nothing internally consistent with that fact. No one I've ever met cares about all life on the planet equally, even with the assumption that it's all of equal value, because it's silly and impractical.
In my opinion, the purpose of my cat is for me to love it and it to love me and for us to be happy coexisting. Also in my opinion, the purpose of a cow is for me to eat it. You're damn right I care more about the happiness and continued existence of my pet than I do about the cow's. I also care more about my wife's happiness and continued existence than I do about anyone else's in the world. That doesn't make me a bad person or make me a hypocrite.