FrigidSymphony wroterio wroteFrigidSymphony wroterio wroteThat's nonsense. Some forms of meat are far crueller than others, and there's nothing philosophically incoherent (or whatever you want to call it) about drawing a line somewhere.
Crueller how? Just because in western culture dogs are considered pets rather than food doesn't make them any less animal.
I mean your general notion that it's worthless distinguishing between different types of animal cruelty is nonsense. I don't know anything about Korean food so wouldn't want to compare them and the West.Although, provided these Korean food-dogs aren't jammed by their hundreds of thousands into tiny cages in which they can't stand, and end up with with many broken bones because it is so cramped, then they are probably a kinder form of meat than our chickens are.
I never said that. I never talked about the killing method. I agree that that is a possible discerning criteria. I talked about distinguishing between certain animals. Most people in Europe and the US would never eat a dog, no matter how it was killed. How is a dog different from a pig?
Er, ok, don't really care in that case.
Although, it makes me wonder whether you would see any difference between eating a chicken and eating, say, a chimpanzee.
