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echi
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 03:13 pm
joefromchicago wrote:
echi wrote:
... Why does anyone who considers it okay to exploit and/or kill an animal also oppose subjecting an animal to torture?

You're asking why people don't treat different things as if they were the same. My response is that it's because they're different things. Why is that difficult to understand?

No. That is not what I mean to ask. Maybe the question is poorly worded. A shorter version is, What is the reason to oppose animal torture? (I ask only those who consider it okay to exploit and/or kill animals because theirs are the only views that interest me.)
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fishin
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 03:16 pm
echi wrote:
joefromchicago wrote:
echi wrote:
... Why does anyone who considers it okay to exploit and/or kill an animal also oppose subjecting an animal to torture?

You're asking why people don't treat different things as if they were the same. My response is that it's because they're different things. Why is that difficult to understand?

No. That is not what I mean to ask. Maybe the question is poorly worded. A shorter version is, What is the reason to oppose animal torture? (I ask only those who consider it okay to exploit and/or kill animals because theirs are the only views that interest me.)


Seems fairly simple to me. Torture has no purpose other than sadistic "sport". "Exploiting" or "killing" animals for consumption on the other hand, does serve a legit purpose - nourishment.
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echi
 
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Reply Sat 18 Aug, 2007 01:00 am
fishin wrote:
...Torture has no purpose other than sadistic "sport". ...
I'm not sure I understand the basis for your opposition. Are you concerned for the "sadistic" person (or society, perhaps), or are you concerned for the animals?
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