As to your arguments no, all animals do not necessarily fear death, they react to it. That could and probably is just as likely to come from instinct as fear of death. To fear death you need to understand what it means, which means you need to have a concept of the future, something none of my dogs have ever had, and I believe they're a lot smarter than farm animals.
Your dogs know that if they don't eat they will die, that sounds like a concept of the future.
Further, deer and raccoons are higher mammals, and probably smarter than most farm animals, but despite their speed and experience seeing what happens to things that go in the road, they continually get hit by cars, often jumping out into the road just as a vehicle is about to drive through. Doesn't seem so very afraid of death to me.
Humans still get hit by cars, they mustn't have a concept of death then.
Why are we superior to animals? You really asked that question. Chicken haven't invented an atomic bomb. Cows haven't developed a written language. Sheep don't have the ability to use tools. Our superiority is obvious, we have crossed oceans, flown through the air, dove to the depths of the sea, even visited the moon. Farm animals haven't even gotten as far as using tools.
Considering your later points I feel completely justified in this language,
what the fuck have you done?
Einstein made the atomic bomb,
Shakespeare did wonders with the written word,
Michelangelo was a master crafts man,
Columbus crossed ocions,
The Right brothers conquered the air,
Nile Armstrong visited the moon,
So what marvel of human endevor do we credit you with?
Something people really need to stop doing is taking credit for other peoples endevors in order to detract form the truth that the majority of humans are docile creatures.
I never said my health would fail, I said it would be at risk. Some smokers die of brain cancer or old age, would you claim that smoking isn't unhealthy. Further, it's possible to live for years, decades, even you whole life without consuming vegetables, are you going to claim that's healthy? It is much harder to get the required nutrients as a vegan(as I have made abundantly clear in 2 previous posts), and I for one, do not see maybes and almosts as compelling reasons to count every amino acid, every vitamin, every single omega fatty acid, and every mineral in every single meal, or risk having a deficiency in something truly important, just so a cow doesn't have to be milked. Even more so when putting myself through such hardship and risk will accomplish literally nothing.
So many things accomplish nothing, but we do them anyway because in the end that is all there is.
And as for "just depressing" are you really trying to convince me to give up tasty and nutritious meat for ethical reasons when I have no moral obligation to do so? Do you even see the horrific contradiction and circular logic involved in that assertion.
Read what I wrote properly, I used the word depressing to describe my own reaction to your statement, I then went on to explain that you have no moral obligation to do anything so 'logicically' why do anything? a question/flaw in your reasoning you have avoided.
...I am saying that if you really thought your comfort was any less important than that of animal, you would have sold all your gaming supplies, which exist solely for your comfort, in order to donate to organizations that assist and protect animals, or towards organizations that are trying to develop more humane farming methods. The fact that you don't(which is obvious since you have a computer to type with and internet access to come to this site) is absolute proof that you are not a vegan for moral reasons. I will not attempt to explain why you are a vegan, but don't try to tell me the sky is green without expecting me to point up and say that it isn't.
It is not absolute prove, I've drawn my own line in the sand, this is where I stand morally. I'm not vegan for comfort, I do it because if I want to eat meat I'll go out and kill the thing myself, I won't sit around with ideas of superiority while having meat brought to me like an entitled person.
Further, I am not saying anything about how you should spend your money or live your life, I am pointing out that your actions belay the truth of your words. You are the one arguing on this website with the implicit intention of convincing me to be a vegan.
No I'm not, I don't push my morality on any one, I honestly don't care what anyone's morality is, I don't care if your vegan, carnivore, or if you filter feed through the gad dame air. Believe it or not I have no 'intention' of telling any one how to live, you are not so important that I have made it my mission to 'convince' you.
Yes, I am a dick, and I'm kinda proud of that, because it means I don't just roll over and assent because you think I should. That said, I'm not "look down, belittle, or trivialise anyone else's believe just because it differers from your own".
Your proud of being a dick, really? In every post I've seen on this matter you have looked down on, belittled, and trivialised peoples believes, until you realise just how fucked up that is you'r opinion has no value.
