If eating animals is a choice, then why choose to be cruel?
One of the most common justifications for eating animals is that diet is a personal choice.
But if that is the case, then why would we choose the option that causes the most amount of suffering?
Why don't we ever consider the animals personal choice?
After all, they don't wilfully walk into the stun box, the gas chamber, or the kill floor, but are forced there because of choices humans made.
Exercising our personal choice does not absolve us of moral responsibility towards other living beings and our choices should not infringe upon someone else's right to live without unnecessary harm and suffering.
Almost every choice we make is a personal choice, but that doesn't automatically make it a moral thing to do.
Let's not use our own freedom to justify oppressing others.
Food for thought. Ed Winters is a wonderful, intelligent, respectful public speaker. Check out some of his work here:
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Ed Winters' Milk short film is amazing. It really captivates the true corruption and cruelty of the dairy industry. These poor creatures are abused like this and it is simply not defensible.