Recent content by Reynaerdinjo

Life of pi was amazing.

Different forms of life warrant different amounts of our concern. I think this should be obvious: an ant doesn't have the same potential for pain or happiness as a full grown pig.

Actually, there is an altogether different approach to morality that can be both scientific and objective. You should definitely read "The Moral Landscape" by Sam Harris if you're interested. Read more about it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape You say that...

It's not just poultry farms. Factory farms have thousands upon thousands of animals who are so bored that they literally go insane. Consider this excerpt from the PETA website about pigs: intensive confinement (of mother pigs) causes debilitating stress and intense boredom. Missing their...

And as a bonus, a meatless diet is healthier and makes people live longer.

There has to be a brain somewhere for pain to register, so this argument doesn't apply.

If people stop asking for (factory) meat, farmers will stop supplying it. Simple rule of supply and demand. Also I think that everyone has a moral obligation to know where his food comes from. And the fact of the matter is that if you buy factory farmed meat, almost all of the animals are not...

Actually, you do. It's quite easy to distinguish factory farmed meat (which puts animal through some of the worst suffering imaginable) and organic meat, because the latter is labelled (and way more expensive).

The point is not about the nervous systems per se, it is about it's relationship to a complex, evolved brain. There is a lot of research that shows that animals like elephants, dogs and pigs are capable of feelings like empathy. They do have distinct personalities and they probably have the...

Again, this analogy doesn't hold. Read my post at the top of this page.

Animals and plants are totally different forms of life. Plants do not have brains or advanced nervous systems. The more developed those systems are, the more we should value their life. That's why killing a fly isn't as morally wrong as killing a human. In a fly, those systems are pretty basic...

I have no qualms about eating organic meat, unfortunately this isn't a really sustainable solution if people want to keep eating as much meat as they do now. Eating meat is becoming something of a status symbol in China and demand is ever increasing. Since I deem eating factory farmed meat...

I just love everything about Mirror's Edge. The story, the music, the gameplay, but most of all the sense of style... All the elements in this game go so well together. It kind of takes me back to memories of times long gone, and I'm not even sure why it makes me feel so nostalgic. It's a great...

ranged ad carries... I like Vayne the best.

While my biggest ocean was not endless, it was huuuge and I travelled for a few ingame days by boat to find some land. Was quite happy when I finally bumped my boat in the shore.