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Leif Erikson
 
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Default Life can have positive value

dh@. lied:

> On 16 Nov 2005 Leif Erikson wrote:
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>>I'm not an "ara".
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>>>insist that life has no value for any animals or
>>>humans regardless of quality,

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>>No animal or person "benefits" from coming into existence.

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> YOU/"ARAs"


I'm not an "ara".


> insist life can not have positive value for farm animals


"Getting to experience life" per se has no value to
farm animals; none whatever.


>>>>>The living
>>>>>animals lives are morally significant because they indicate how we treat the
>>>>>animals.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>Combining egg and sperm for the purpose of creating a product
>>>>>>>involves no sacrifice, no "consideration" of the well-being of any animal.
>>>>>>>Those are the morally relevant concepts in this equation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The rest is just more of your rubbish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can contribute to the lives they get, or try not to.
>>>>>
>>>>>And if their lives are not decent then you shouldn't. You don't make any
>>>>>effort to ensure that they are.
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>>>>Or, if you decide mostly for health but partly for aesthetic reasons
>>>>not to eat meat, you also shouldn't.
>>>
>>> These quotes explain how YOU/"ARAs" want everyone to feel
>>>about raising animals for food

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>>I'm not an "ara".

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> LOL!


It's the truth.