• MaxMalRichtig@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    I’d be fine with them being brainless

    So, I’m not 100% getting where you are going with this argument, but I think what you are saying is: If beings have less brain capability they are less worthy of being treated with the same respect as beings with higher brain capabilities. And ultimately, that it would be OK to kill beings that have less brain capabilities.

    I don’t think they’re being abused by giving dairy.

    Could you spell out for me what is needed for a cow to give milk? Because I think we need to clarify “what actually happens” to cows in that process in order to classify something as abuse or not.

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      1. Yes. Just like you don’t have any qualms squishing ants.

      2. Very aware of dairy cows and the veal industry. Also aware that herd animals do not give a single fuck about their young.

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        1. By that logic, you would also have no problem in killing people with lower brain capabilities - like people with dementia or mentally challenged people.
        2. Demonstrably not true and I don’t get where you would pick up such a false bit of information.
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          1. Who said anything about eugenics? Cows are several orders of magnitude dumber than anyone other than a vegetable. And if you’re a vegetable then it’s only the selfishness of your loved ones keeping you alive. I have explicitly told my partner that vegetable = pull the fucking plug.
          2. Herd animals like cows flee and leave their young behind. It is fundamental to their psychology to move on quickly from a young one dying. They fundamentally are different than humans and do not care the way a human does.