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malfistyesterday at 7:49 PM3 repliesview on HN

You say that like it's mandatory to kill sentient life to feed people. It isn't.


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nickburnsyesterday at 7:57 PM

I can imagine this poster's chortle thinking to themself, 'they thought I meant the animals!'

notleninyesterday at 8:11 PM

aren't plants also sentient?

Isn't all life sentient?

If not, where do you draw the line? "It has eyes and bilateral symmetry and an endoskeleton looks vaguely human-like so I can anthropomorphize it"? "Only members of the animal kingdom are conscious"?

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amanaplanacanalyesterday at 8:06 PM

I always wonder what vegans think is going to happen to all the pigs, cows, and chickens if people stop eating meat?

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