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On 4/29/2016 9:03 AM, ****wit David Harrison - just "****wit" as he's
usually known - bullshitted:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:41:22 +0100, Derek > wrote:
>
>> I do have to agree with them in that eating
>> meat can have the effect of bringing happy lives into the world if livestock
>> farmers do their job according to strict welfare rules.

> . . .
>> Unlike me they intuitively believe
>> that the best policy is one that can bring about the most happiness in the
>> world even if, in practice, it brings about a lot of misery, because that
>> misery isn't part of the original policy and therefore can be disregarded.

>
> Since you're actiing like you people consider quality of life I'm curious if
> any of you try to present the absurd position that you:
>
> "don't believe the distinction between "lives of positive value" and "lives of
> negative value" means anything."


No, the issue is that *you* can't say how you can tell one from the
other in fact.


> significance of that aspect of the situation.


LOL! "Aspect of the situation" - you just sound stupid when you try to
sound erudite.