Current Events > The main thing I don't understand about vegetarianism

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All animals die. In nature animals die from predators killing them and they die of starvation in the absence of predators. The natural course for animals in the wild is not to just live a long full life absent of hunger, fear, or pain.

not all vegetarians/vegans are such because they don't like animals suffering/dying
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Their argument is that unlike non-human predators we know better and can survive without killing other animals. In the sense that everyone takes a dump, but you don't wear diapers probably because you know how to use a toilet, unlike when you were little.

Atralis posted...

All animals die. In nature animals die from predators killing them and they die of starvation in the absence of predators. The natural course for animals in the wild is not to just live a long full life absent of hunger, fear, or pain.

I don't really get that argument. Are you saying it's fine because it's natural? So what? We don't do many things in life that are considered "natural"

If they're doing it for moral reasons, they don't see the point in adding to that suffering if it can be helped. And since they can get by without needing to eat meat these days and they have the means, they decide to not add or be involved in the process,
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