I think one of the problems that someone that shares SHOGUN's views would have, at least in convincing me, is that I just feel pretty bombarded with liberal views on how I should or should not live my life. It's good that our society moves towards a better way of living, don't get me wrong, but it just feels like I am always constantly being told what to do. And my natural reaction is to get a bit defensive and say nah.
While I'd like to think I'm an ethical person, I'm not sure I've crossed the line to unethical because I choose to eat meat. I understand there are wasteful processes that go into producing meat, and I understand that people may feel humans are inhumane in the way we create and sell meat in a factory process, but to me all animals are a lower form of life than humans.
That's pretty much the crux of my view. All animals are a lower form of life, not equal, and humans have bodies that obviously are omnivorous. We have evolved this way.
The question I asked in the GMG thread that went unanswered by SHOGUN because he can't answer it, is where he draws his arbitrary line as to what is or is not acceptable to consume as a life form. The difference between us is that he draws a random arbitrary line and values some life forms over others, whereas I don't.
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