Heh...this is the part of the conversation that really made me roll my eyes and shake my head. Clearly the boy has missed the whole point of his own beliefs. But whatever. His problem, not mine.
I would have asked him if he took pleasure in eating hamburger or steak or chicken or fish. Wouldn't that make him sadistic? And if he claimed to be a vegetarian, I would have asked him how much pleasure he took from eating foods that resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent animals during its planting and harvesting. The self-righteous little.....twit...might never eat again.
Judy, you are my hero. I use that same argument on people. I have even said "I monitor my snakes killing their prey so I can make sure it happens quickly and safely. How many instances of slaughterhouses being inhumane have you seen? Want a hamburger?"
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