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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. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. it's not so bad. It doesn't involve taking the life of someone who'd much rather not have her life taken. I'm on my way.