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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

It seems like the answer to most questions/responses to most issues is one of these: Speciesism. It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. No one will propose a ban on eating chickens because there's no conflict there. Where do people get that idea?

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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

I suppose speciesism/human exceptionalism is at the heart of the matter. Food for my soul does not involve grilled greyhound any more than it involves grilled chicken. The result is that on one level he knows that hurting sentient nonhumans isn't right, but if it's done in a certain respectful way (oxymoron, anyone?) it's not so bad.