I think you are confused about what is considered cruelty vs. food consumption. Suggest you read up and also adjust your moral compass a little. 🐶🐾🫡
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I don't think I'm confused about what is considered animal cruelty. I think most people do not consider killing and eating animals as being cruel. And I think (hope) most people that eat animals do not wish them to be treated cruelly. And I certainly wasn't trying to criticize you.
After posting my comment I read your earlier comment about the someone posting a video showing cruelty to a duck or something.
You rightly point out, people have double standards about being cruel to some types of animals but not others.
In regards to killing and eating animals for food, the problem is the conflation of animal cruelty and raising/eating animals, which corporations do on purpose (they argue killing/eating animals is good, therefore cruelty is good. But of course they hide their cruelty and make customers think they treat them well). I think in your reply you were saying that is what I was doing. This is correct, I intentionally was. That was the point I was trying to make.
Unless I'm grossly misinformed, and as you are probably aware, for the majority of animals eaten, they live and die in tortuously cruel conditions due to modern factory farming processes. Likely they live in pain and fear most of their lives. Obviously this can be avoided if they are raised and killed humanely. So it's possible if you keep the animals yourself, or buy from someone you know has treated them humanely. But that's probably out of reach pricewise for most people because factory farming reduces the price of animal products.
Saying that, I've yet to hear anyone advocate something along the lines of, 'eating animals and animal products is the healthiest thing you can do for your body, but I recommend you make your health sub-optimal, live a shorter life, with a little more discomfort and disease, so as to reduce the suffering of animals.'
I suspect that is because for the most part we believe we are more important that animals, and that I and my family/friends are more important that all other humans.
As for adjusting my moral compass, I'm not sure I even have one... checking online shopping now.
Anyway, after understanding more the background as to why you posted what you did, I'm thankful for you and what you are doing.
Sorry about that, I misread your comment as a sarcasm. Now I clearly see your point and fully aligned (I think). I do understand and know that majority of our live stock is mistreated and abused in different cruel ways. I also understand for us, as predatory species, the need to kill to survive and live healthy lives. I am not in general against the killing for food, as I see it a circle of life. On the other hand I despise what is being done in commercial farming, and at the same conflicting time understand why they have to do it. It’s a hard balance I guess, and all we can do is strive to at least make the world better within the circle of our influence 🐶🐾🫡🫂