• @scarabic@lemmy.world
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    82 years ago

    It’s because most people don’t know a cow or chicken. If they did, things might be different. In fact I remember seeing Ira Glass speak and he recounted how he spent some time at a retreat where chickens roamed free, and after having the time and opportunity to observe that they think and feel and have different personalities, he became a vegetarian.

    • Jeena
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      52 years ago

      I think you are probably right. For me it’s kind of the opposite but still consistent. When I was a child we had many different animals and I had names for many of them including the sheep Bartek which me and my sister would ride often. In the end we would eat all those animals (but not the dogs or cats). So I’ve been friends with other animals than dogs, I’d even say they were better friends then the dogs I had because I have a hard time remembering the dogs names.

      • @sizzler@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        Yet again, another person blinded by the culture they are raised in. You are no better than a dog eater.

        • Jeena
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          22 years ago

          I think you are misunderstanding something, I am a dog eater.