Haven't we discussed all this before? Do you think the arguments offered this time will convince or engage you? I am sceptical. It is not just an issue of holding bovine life in higher esteem -- the argument for that is an extension of the reasons we choose not to visit suffering on fellow humans. It is also an issue of avoidable suffering. In the practice of industrial animal farming we in fact hold microbial life in higher esteem over bovine. After all, we do not go to great lengths to intentionally torture microbes, even those that directly threaten our survival.
--ravi
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