Shades of Goo...
"The opportunity for potential livestock to "get to
experience life" deserves *NO* moral consideration
whatever" - Goo
"I give the lives of animals that exist *LOTS*
of consideration." - Goo
"the "getting to experience life" deserves NO
moral consideration, and is given none" - Goo
"I also give the not-yet-begun lives of animals
that are "in the pipeline", so to speak, a lot of
consideration" - Goo
"There is no "consideration" to be given." - Goo
"Life is not a benefit for farm animals." - Goo
"Their lives may be pleasant for them." - Goo
""Life", by which you mean coming into existence, is not
a benefit at all" - Goo
"We ARE NOT, and NEVER WERE, talking about whether
existing animals "benefit" from living." - Goo
"Those "lives of positive value" are only meaningful
*IF* the livestock exist. " - Goo
"The topic is not and never has been whether or not
existing animals enjoy living." - Goo
"IF they exist, then they can benefit (or not) from the
aspects of their lives." - Goo
"No farm animals benefit from farming." - Goo
"We are not and never were talking about benefits for
existing entities" - Goo
"Coming into existence is not a benefit to them" - Goo
"Set your clock back by an hour" - Goo
"I didn't say to set your clock back an hour" - Goo
"When the entity moves from "pre-existence" into the
existence we know" - Goo
"I never said they "move from 'pre-existence'"" - Goo
"we don't know if that move improves its welfare" - Goo
"the deliberate killing of animals for use by humans DOES
deserve moral consideration, and gets it." - Goo
"Intent doesn't matter" - Goo
"ONLY deliberate human killing deserves any moral
consideration." - Goo
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