Outlaw BOTH dog-eating AND cow-eating!

Response to a thread on a Korean newsgroup (alt.society.korea, I think)
debating dog-eating.

Although the one who opposed dog-eating made the point that
even Buddhists acknowledge a heirarchy of intelligence of life,
I was wondering if we could be more accurate and refer, instead,
to a heirarchy of PAIN?

We should say things like: why do I need to eat this cow/chicken/dog/worm?
How much pain does it cause THEM (boiled alive, throat cut) compared
to how much pain it cause me to look for an alternative food source?

As a third party who views animals and humans all fighting for survival
on the planet, what can I do to help give them ALL more choices
so they do not have to face torture or starvation?
If I vote for a politician, or I am a politician, what is the effort
and emotional cost of forcing everyone in society to pool their resources
to grow food and advance biotechnology of plants to we do not need to
torture dogs and cats or cows or chickens for food? What is the pain
to the human of going to prison for violating society's laws protecting
animals compared to the pain of the dog being boiled alive
(very small I believe) or the worm being stepped on (larger I believe)?

It is clear to me that all of those who call themselves
"animal rights activists" think this way. But I do not see
those who do not consider themselves animal rights activists think
this way.

"tortrix" <tortrix.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Response to a thread on a Korean newsgroup (alt.society.korea, I think)
> debating dog-eating.
>
> Although the one who opposed dog-eating made the point that
> even Buddhists acknowledge a heirarchy of intelligence of life,
> I was wondering if we could be more accurate and refer, instead,
> to a heirarchy of PAIN?
>
> We should say things like: why do I need to eat this cow/chicken/dog/worm?
> How much pain does it cause THEM (boiled alive, throat cut) compared
> to how much pain it cause me to look for an alternative food source?
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Yet, as usual, you care nothing about the animals that suffer and die for
you to post your inane stupidity around the world for allto see? Why do
those animals not count in your overall scheme of things? Oh, yaeh, they
die for *your* conveninece and entertainment. It's only the animals you
think others are killing that you really care about, eh hypocrite?


>
> As a third party who views animals and humans all fighting for survival
> on the planet, what can I do to help give them ALL more choices
> so they do not have to face torture or starvation?
> If I vote for a politician, or I am a politician, what is the effort
> and emotional cost of forcing everyone in society to pool their resources
> to grow food and advance biotechnology of plants to we do not need to
> torture dogs and cats or cows or chickens for food? What is the pain
> to the human of going to prison for violating society's laws protecting
> animals compared to the pain of the dog being boiled alive
> (very small I believe) or the worm being stepped on (larger I believe)?
>
> It is clear to me that all of those who call themselves
> "animal rights activists" think this way. But I do not see
> those who do not consider themselves animal rights activists think
> this way.