Recent content by Cadmium Magenta

That's true. Switching from factory-farmed to organic meat will of course have an impact on the wallet and therefore for most people it wouldn't be affordable to eat meat every day. But eating meat every day is not healthy anyway. If one wants to enjoy the full nutritional benefits of meat...

The effectiveness of boycotts depends solely on numbers. If only one out of ten meat-eaters abstained from factory-farmed products, the industry would already feel a hefty loss in revenue. In a bid to win their former customers back, they will introduce some minor improvements to animal welfare...

Hm... Now that we have collected a wealth of arguments, ideas and sentiments, I see a smallest common denominator emerging: Obviously few people agree that killing animals for food is in itself morally problematic. Although I feel strongly about my belief that this practice represents...

Why do you assume that morality, intelligence and instinct are completely separate spheres? Sure, morality developed as a result of intelligent thought, but is intelligence not simply an extension of instinct? Intelligence is the ability to learn things, to recognise patterns and to devise ways...

I think your ethics are very sound! I was vegetarian for four years before I decided to progressively switch my diet to 100% plant-based and forego all other animal products as well. Essentially, there are many other ways in which we subject animals to tremendous cruelty without killing...

Unfortunately, your farm isn't representative of modern animal agriculture. I'm honestly delighted to hear you're treating your animals well, but there are countless so-called factory farms across the UK and Europe, where living beings are treated like inanimate objects. In the US, as much as...

While it's true that meat packs quite a wallop in terms of essential nutrients, it also contains many unhealthy elements, mainly fats that clog up arteries and can lead to heart disease. Some nutritionists claim that the endemic levels of degenerative diseases like osteoporosis, diabetes and...

That would be a strange situation to be in, but yes, I'd certainly kill and eat the rabbit. However, these extreme hypothetical scenarios aren't applicable to everyday life. If it's either starvation or eating meat, obviously go for the latter, but how often do we actually face such a choice? At...

Again, having read through the replies you guys wrote *while* I was writing this, I'm sorry I'm not actually addressing individual posts. I know that I've missed out a good couple of points, but I thought this was the best way to respond concisely. Please feel free to pick apart my post at your...

Wow :-) Thank you all very much for your contributions. I would never have expected such resonance. Unfortunately, there are so many replies raising so many different points and aspects that I couldn?t possibly reply to all of them individually. I have, however, read them and tried to...

Hi forum! After watching MovieBob's recent Big Picture episode on the PeTA/Super Mario controversy, I'm curious about people's stance on animal rights here. What I found curious is that Bob asserted he supports animal rights, in that he abstains from products like fur and boycotts companies...