SykonC wrote:
> > 1.The meat industry provides life for the billions of animals who are
> > killed so we can eat them.
> Wow, like some people might have told you already, that really makes no
> sense. Life? They could have been alive even if noone was to torture
> them (was that really a surprise?).
> If say, someone bred YOU, mr dh_ld, to be slaughtered, and meanwhile,
> kept you in barely habitable conditions, amputated you, and so forth,
> maybe you would withdraw your 'provides *life*' comment.


Glancing thru this and started thinking, always dangerous.

Should we apply the same standards to people? Look at all of the people
being kept alive just to provide votes for politicians, at public
expense.
Maybe we should just eliminate various "welfare" projects and allow
people to live free of restrictions. Can you imagine living in a
housing project? Or, the destruction of the human spirit that comes from
begging the government for assistance?

Of course, there are some that are so crippled by long-term assistance
that they are unable to survive on their own, so the compassionate thing
to do would be to allow them the dignity of a peaceful termination of
life.

Maybe extend that privilege to those that commit crimes also, can you
imagine the torture of living with the knowledge that you intentionally
killed someone, or raped a child. Again the gift of a quick termination
of existence would be the merciful thing to do.

I am sure that others could extend this list.