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Leif Erikson
 
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Default Life can have positive value

dh@. lied:

> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 Leif Erikson wrote:
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>>dh@. lied:

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>>> They exploit AW

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>>They don't. They want humane treatment of animals if
>>the animals exist. Period.

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> If as you insist quality of life can't give life a positive value


I don't insist that.


>>>>They may not consider it as good as
>>>>elimination of livestock, but they DO wish us to consider the animals'
>>>>lives, that is for sure.
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>>> People who are in favor of decent lives for livestock should be OPPOSED
>>>to the elimination objective

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>>No. That's an illogical conclusion. Once again:
>>support for "decent lives for livestock" is completely
>>*conditional* on the animals existing at all