So I don't know how many of you have seen "Food Inc." but after seeing the documentary I went vegan within a week (that was last August). I am a fan of "Food Inc." on Facebook and often follow threads people leave in regards to how (if) they've changed their eating habits since seeing the film. The most common response is that people stop buying mass produced/factory farmed meat and start buying grass fed/free range local meat. Whenever I chime in and bring up the ethicals of raising and killing animals for human consumption the response is always the same; "Humans are Omnivores." Every response completely avoids my point on ethics; that breeding, raising, and killing animals for human consumption is a cruel and selfish act. That manipulating an animals life should not be in the hands of humans. People feel they have justified their behavior by stating that our ancestors have done this, people have eaten this way for thousands of years, so that makes it okay.
It's interesting and frustrating at the same time that even when you argue the ethics side of things, people can still justify their behavior (in their own minds that is).
Has anyone else had this problem when trying to get people to consider the aspects of cruelty/manipulation/etc. when consuming meat, dairy, egg no matter what the circumstance of raising those animals was?
Thank you.
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