On Mar 9, 3:07*pm, dh@. wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:30:18 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:
>
> ><dh@.> wrote
> >>>*No* animals benefit by existing
>
> >> * *Many appear to Goo, so what do you want people to think prevents them
> >> from
> >> benefitting as they appear to, and how do you want people to think it
> >> prevents
> >> them?
>
> >Logic, here's one argument:
>
> >Two pigs exist, one has a good life provided by the farmer, Salatin, the
> >other has a life full of pain, suffering and deprivation provided by Tyson.
>
> >One pig benefits, the other suffers and is harmed, yet both exist in equal
> >measure.
>
> >Therefore existence itself is clearly not the source of benefit.
>
> * * Life can and often does have positive value for animals

No, ****wit. "Life" does not. Things in life do. Life does not.

You have already been instructed in this.