Kindly don’t put words in my mouth. If you wish to express your own opinion, feel free to do so. But you’re setting up a straw-man here, and that’s not really appreciated.
You’re conflating too notions, both of which have been dealt with already. The idea that killing and eating an animal, because it causes that animal pain, is immoral is an oversimplification of the issue in an attempt to draw a parallel that doesn’t exist. As sadhatter already noted, “We have evolved to eat meat.” Other animals have likewise evolved along a similar pattern. We do not consider it immoral when they attack a human, although we will put a stop to that because it impacts our own survival.
But abuse of an animal, whether directly or through neglect is immoral for the same reason that it’s immoral to abuse a child under one’s care.
And before you trot out the “kill and eat a child” argument, recall that this, too, was already dealt with by sadhatter: “If i ever die on a hiking trip , and people have to eat me to live, they have full permission to do so. Hell don't even wait till i get cold, eating is a necessity.”
Now, if you have something new to add to the discussion, please feel free. If this is some set up for a vegan rant, please arrive at it. If you’re just trolling the forums to see what bites, then I second the opinion that you are better served fishing elsewhere.
