Quote Originally Posted by unspecified42 View Post
You can't make human standards apply to animals, but that does not mean that we abandon all moral obligation to care for animals that we have control over.

Putting human life before animal life is, I believe, the logical and correct thing to do. But that doesn't in any way mean that humans ought to be allowed to torture animals to death for their own enjoyment. If someone accidentally found themselves in a position where killing an animal was the only way for them to escape harm, then I would absolutely condone that action. However, just because I believe my life to be of more value than a fighting bull's doesn't mean that I think it's ok to purposely breed and raise an animal to be put into a ring and slowly and painfully killed while a crowd cheers.
But there you go, applying your morals to another culture. I can appreciate you not wanting to harm animals, but that's your belief/morals. You can't stand in judgement of another culture that does not believe the same as you.

Your culture kills animals EVERY DAY, but it's okay because you're not a direct part of that killing. Do all these animals die a peaceful death? I think not. But because you didn't throw the switch to electrcute that head of cattle, you can sleep at night after eating that steak dinner. You didn't stand on that assembly line ringing the neck of a thousand chickens, but you did eat the great tasting fried chicken dinner last night. You're life is longer due to the testing and killing of lab animals. Are you up to date on all of your shot? Did you take any medicine because you were sick or have an illness? Can you be sure there were no animals tortured in the name of science? Do you own clothing that was made from any animal hides? Do you know for a fact that none of these animals weren't tortured?

Of course you can't. No one can. But we as a society will allow others to do the work that we find distasteful. But that's okay, because that's who we are. But don't tell me that the only way you would kill an animal is if you felt your life was in danger.


Jim Smith