Animals' "getting to experience life"
On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 07:13:30 -0700, George Plimpton wrote:
> On 9/5/2013 3:00 AM, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:59:26 -0700, George Plimpton wrote:
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>>> 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.
Still think there's no harm in pullin' wings offa flies, eh?
You'd 'a' made a fine sonterkommando.
Dhu
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