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The Table Comes First Adam Gopnik pg 144
OK, I have sorta heard this argument before but not stated so well. I dont agree on the grounds that other species are not humans and we have as our first responsibility our own best interests, and that species kill eat other species all the time, why should we consider this a problem? Eating our own babies is a whole nother thing entirely, that is not relevant here, as this is about eating other species. This also invalidates the catchy emotionally charged NAZI argument, though we do have to not that I have not ever heard that the NAZI's claimed that this was the reason they did the showers, my information is that they did it to make the job easier, those who dont know that they are going to die are easier to manage which is why they did it and I never heard them claim otherwise so this needs to be documented.
I am interested if anyone is convinced by the argument that Gopnik lays out, or can expand upon it.
Note: He does not claim that he believes it, he claims to be restating the argument that others have given him.
tyvm
Anyone who equates eating animals with eating human babies is not in their right mind, IMHO.