“Other cultures eat dogs but I don’t see you doing that.”
Is that an argument? They’re still eating meat, so the original point remains.
And If i was living in China, say with a job teaching English, I’d probably eat dog a time or two.
“I also don’t see you personally killing your prey with your claws/teeth and then eating it raw and plain.”
We evolved as tool users. I use a knife to butcher the chicken.
We evolved with fire. I use fire to make the meat safe to eat.
Not really seeing your point, here. Seems to me that you just keep moving the goalposts.
“I also don’t see dogs and lions cultivating plants for consumption or having our same omnivorous biologies”
So we took responsibility for our own food sources. Dogs aren’t tool users.
“I see you having the capability to eat plants but choosing instead to eat processed animal carcasses.”
Oh, I eat both. Sometimes in the same dish, like chili.
“I wonder exactly why you would do that when you have the ethical and intellectual capabilities to make decisions based off of ideas other than “but they can do that why can’t I”
You haven’t really addressed that justification except to reject it.
I also make decisions based on not wanting to become as much an entitled, judgmental asshole as some vegans i’ve come across.
Your mileage may vary.
“Because essentially that is the mindset of a toddler or a dog.”
Yeah, like that.
"And you are neither of those things. You are a human”
I’m not a toddler because I’m a human?
Small problem with thatanalogy…
“and you should understand the ethicality of your actions and your moral positions that make you different than ANIMALS,”
Humans are animals, but okay.
“ which you are apparently superior to if you choose to eat them.”
I don’t particularly think that the lion is superior to the gazelle, they just occupy different spots on the food pyramid.
“So why would you act like them?”
I’ve yet to see you give an actual reason to do anything different. You SAY ethics, but don’t offer any ethical chain. I’m jjst supposed to agree with you?
“ I mean, if we’re talking life cycles, you’re at the top of the chain. Start thinking like it.”
If I’m at the top of the food pyramid, but stop eating meat, then I’m no longer IN the food pyramid.
I can only secure my position by exercising my position.