>This moral stand is interesting to me because I don't really get it.
>If inflicting harm on living things is wrong (e.g., beheading a chicken
>and eating it is cruel), where do you draw the line? Why is eating
>broccoli okay? Why are the white blood cells in your body engulfing
>foreign viruses okay? I'm not being facetious, I just don't get the
>argument: all life involves stuff eating stuff; it's even less avoidable
>than participating in a capitalist economy!
Yeah. I once met a radical vegetarian who was trying to wean her dozen cats from meat. She wasn't having much success. Why would it be ok for them, ethically speaking, and not for us?
Doug