John Major

I agree. Silly. Plants feeling pain!

Yes, we need protein but not necessarily animal protein. Not all animals eaten graze.

We are not carnivores. We lack incisors.  Besides the rest of our teeth are grinders and our mouths work differently to those of carnivorous species. Our jaws move from side to side unlike the huge majority of carnivores. Ours are more like herbivore teeth than…[Read more]

Yes it’s completely debatable. That’s why morality is subjective. Surely is you don’t have to eat them but still do, the harm is unnecessary. Is captivity cruel? Is forcible insemination cruel? Is removing a calf from its mother cruel? To me, yes. But because it’s another species it doesn’t get proper consideration.

@ Simon Paynton. ” it’s an interesting question. Cruelty means to get pleasure from inflicting harm. Whether or not pleasure is obtained, sometimes that harm is deserved. If harm is unnecessary, then it’s unfair.”

I think this is true. It’s wrong to inflict unnecessary harm for pleasure. It doesn’t matter a person’s sex, colour, religion size or…[Read more]