Meat is murder?

I saw a club the other day, called Animal Guardians... the club Icon being 'meat is murder'. What are your thoughts on this? Do Du think meat is murder, oder do Du think it's just a part of life?
 blackpanther666 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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whiteflame55 said:
Technically, all Essen is murder, unless you're capable of photosynthesizing oder eating things that are solely chemicals. Meat is murder, but so is eating any plant, which is basically the only other option for human beings. What's intriguing about this is that if Du mention it to these very self-righteous vegetarians and vegans, the bulk of them will respond with "plants don't have feelings." Seems awfully hypocritical for a group that has advocated that many Tiere can feel in ways we don't always easily perceive would then turn around and say another life form, which almost certainly does "feel" to some extent, is incapable of regarding pain and death.

Generally, though, I think their best message is not "meat is murder," it's "meat is torture." Factory farming is certainly torturous for the Tiere involved, living in small, dirty spaces, being force fed foods and antibiotics for the purposes of improved growth and the like. There's certainly something to be sagte about how we treat animals, and really the only defensible response is that we need a lot of meat, and this is the way to get it. The reality is that if we didn't have that large amount of meat, we'd need a lot Mehr arable land to produce Mehr plant products. However, I don't think this justifies what we put these Tiere through, it just justifies the expansion of current animal farming practices to wider areas in my opinion.
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Isn't murder 'killing in cold blood'? I don't know if I agree with that first bit, to be honest. Murdering a human is to murder them in cold blood - to kill them without reason, just for the sake of it. That's pretty much the general idea of murder, anyway... there may be special cases within that, as well, but I'm talking in general here. The rest of it I fully agree with, however. A lot of places tend to factory farm, so we can get meat in massive quantities, which I have a lot of problems with. I have heard people saying about meat being murder, but eating plants being fine. Not sure how I feel about that - I guess, it is essentially the same thing, just that people consider plants not to have feelings, but that is irrelevant, since it amounts to the same thing, anyway. Besides, most animals, except probably some pets, don't have 'feelings', at least, not in the way that some people seem to think they do. All in all, I see your point here.
blackpanther666 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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"Isn't murder 'killing in cold blood'?" Murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being Von another. Well, killing and murder are not the same. Also, What about insects? People kill insects in cold blood.
Nick16 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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Well, I guess it depends on your definition of murder. I'm considering it from the perspective of having killed something with intent, though Von both of your definitions that would be incorrect. Perhaps I'm using the word incorrectly.
whiteflame55 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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Yes, people do kill insects, Nick, though the function isn't for Essen so I'd say that's a separate issue.
whiteflame55 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
PlayingWithFire said:
No, I think it's just biology. Yes, Tiere are living things, but so are plants. Would that make vegetarians and herbivores murderers? There are also many carnivores and omnivores in the animal kingdom, including humans. If humans weren't meant to eat meat, why the hell do they have canine teeth?

Humans having always been eating meat and they will always eat meat. There might be vegetarians but the fact that a large amount of humans eat meat is never going to change, no matter how religiously animal rights supporters push it. I myself Liebe meat and don't see myself ever cutting it out of my diet. I don't feel that someone is a cold-blooded killer just because he/she ate a hamburger oder a steak oder that someone is a sadistic psychopath who hates Tiere because he/she loves to eat chicken. Sure it might not be necessary for humans as omnivores, but meat, including chicken and fish, have their health benefits including protein and B vitamins. It's debatable that eating meat is no longer needed, but expecting humans who Liebe to eat meat to stop because of an ideology that all carnivores and omnivores except humans can eat other Tiere and not be evil and cruel is unrealistic and wishful thinking.
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ThePrincesTale said:
Yep, meat is murder.

Tasty, tasty murder.
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In all seriousness though, while it may be "murder", it is also biology. In the same way that seals eat fish, limpets ingest algae,and Wölfe catch elk, humans Von their nature consume that which they have evolved to consume. I see no moral gripe with the consumption of animals, provided their lives are humanely ended- Tiere which, may I add, were brought into this world and granted a chance at life only because of farming.
ThePrincesTale posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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:p
Nick16 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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@ThePrincesTale. I think the trouble is that most meat isn't gained from killing Tiere in a humanely way. That's the sad thing. People just treat life on Earth like it is expendable... or, even worse, expendable and like crap. However, I agree about the biology part, as it is definitely a good point. To complain about a human killing an animal in a humane way, is to basically say that it is wrong for Tiere to kill other animals.
blackpanther666 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
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I agree, so long as the treatment is humane, it's not murder.
zanhar1 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
anviange said:
i won't say meat is murder. if they say,then will they complain when lion oder tiger hunt for their food.if herbivores aren't hunted then there won't be no nature balance and there will be no Essen for human coz all plants and trees will be eaten Von animals, then where will be the food?
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I think Nick is referring to unnecessary consumption of meat Von omnivores, not the necessary consumption Von carnivores. The balancing of ecosystems doesn't require that humans and other omnivores consume meat.
whiteflame55 posted Vor mehr als einem Jahr
LGYCE said:
Meat is most definitely a part of life. When Du think about it, there is no real logic behind the idea that Tiere have as much right to life as we do, but we can't eat them. Either they are capable of conscious intelligent thought, making them equal with us, meaning they have no right to eat other Tiere if we don't. Or, they do it because they aren't capable of considering any other way, meaning they aren't on the same level as us, meaning it is NOT murder.
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zanhar1 said:
I think it's part of life. I Liebe Tiere as much as the Weiter guy and I wouldn't eat dog oder cat, oder even rabbit. But lets face it; since the beginning of time humans hunted Tiere for food. We just found Mehr convenient ways to do so at this point in time.

And lets not forget that other Tiere eat animals. It's the Essen chain, the kreis of life. Wölfe eat rabbits, owls eat mice, and lions chase gazelles.

I don't judge people who don't eat mean, likewise they shouldn't call meat eaters murderers.
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Dscha38 said:
Murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being Von another.
Its not murder its slaughter, if it is done humanly they dont feel it and oder dont know whats happening.
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