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        cruelty would be inflicting pain for its own sake. in so-called factory farming, the pain is still only incidental. that is, if it were possible to create the same outputs with no additional inputs, and that process had no pain, there is no reason why a factory farming operation would prefer the painful process. so it is not cruel, it is only indifferent.

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          So you are arguing that because a ruthless and uncaring system is responsible for creating massive suffering, it doesn’t matter? It’s awfully convenient that we don’t have to care about cruelty when it’s inherent in the system. People created these systems. We have the capacity to reduce the suffering. Why wouldn’t you want that?

          If dogs were raised in these conditions, people would be outraged (see korea, china, puppy mills, etc.) It’s a bit hypocritical, don’t you think?

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                  Do you buy blood diamonds? Do you buy grass fed beef? Free range eggs? Do you buy fast fashion? You have agency over your choices. Just because you don’t slaughter the animals with your own hands doesn’t mean they are free from blood.

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                    2 months ago

                    You have agency over your choices.

                    sure, but my choices don’t determine industry practices

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            2 months ago

            cruelty is intentional. think of battlefield amputation: it hurts, but the pain isn’t the point. the pain is only incidental.

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              The systems by which we produce meat are intentional. Just because the people who set them up and benefit from them don’t care doesn’t mean these farms can exist outside morality.

              Inflicting pain on an animal to save its life is directly related to your point. Raising animals in objectively painful and squalid conditions so they can be slaughtered is not at all the same.

              You are equating saving the life of a human to the torture and slaughtering of an animals. They are not analogous

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            If dogs were raised in these conditions, people would be outraged (see korea, china, puppy mills, etc.) It’s a bit hypocritical, don’t you think?

            you can see this is just an appeal to emotion, right?

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              2 months ago

              I am pointing out a dichotomy. I am appealing to your sense of logic. Why do you feel emotionally attached to dogs? Are they smarter than cows? Do they feel more or less? Is being cruel to a dog worse than being cruel to another animal?

              By your logic, dog meat farms are fine – amoral. The cruelty does not matter because it’s inherent.

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                By your logic, dog meat farms are fine – amoral. The cruelty does not matter because it is inherent.

                not quite but very close. the suffering is not cruelty because it is inherent, and suffering alone does not change the morality.

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                  2 months ago

                  To willingly inflict unnecessary suffering on sentient beings is cruelty. This is a semantic argument that ignores reality

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                    This is a semantic argument that ignores reality

                    no, it’s not. but this is a thought terminating cliche