On 9/5/2013 3:00 AM, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:59:26 -0700, George Plimpton wrote:
>
>> There is no importance at all to the "getting". If some livestock
>> animals "get to experience life", that isn't good for them; and if no
>> livestock animals "get to experience life", that isn't bad for any
>> animals. If livestock animals exist, then experiencing a good life is
>> better for them than experiencing a bad life. It is not "better" for
>> the animals to experience a good life than never to live at all.
>
> The question is whether it is good for us humans to have domestic animals, and

No, that isn't the question.