Comments on: VeganSoapbox.com http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/vegansoapboxcom/ thoughts on veganism and the world Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jonben http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/vegansoapboxcom/#comment-69 jonben Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:07:05 +0000 http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-69 I guess I misunderstood what you said. I thought you were saying that if you were living like a gatherer-hunter you wouldn't have a problem with using nonhuman animals. I didn't appreciate that you meant living like that thousands of years ago, when people generally had no notion that what they were doing was wrong. I guess I misunderstood what you said. I thought you were saying that if you were living like a gatherer-hunter you wouldn’t have a problem with using nonhuman animals. I didn’t appreciate that you meant living like that thousands of years ago, when people generally had no notion that what they were doing was wrong.

]]> By: carynne http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/vegansoapboxcom/#comment-68 carynne Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:49:36 +0000 http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-68 Hmmm...I don't know how well I explained myself in the post, and to be honest I'm still pondering this issue. The problem I have is with making a judgment on a group of people 1,000 years ago who basically didn't have a choice whether or not to eat meat; I don't think it is fair to say that everyone in the history of the world who killed animals for food was immoral. Nor do I believe they were entirely justified: Obviously, humans have done many terrible and inexcusable things to animals. I just don't feel that I am in a position to judge them. I do know that today, especially in the west, we do have the resources and knowledge to chose a life that does not exploit animals, and we should not ride on thousands of years of meat-eating traditions as an excuse. Hmmm…I don’t know how well I explained myself in the post, and to be honest I’m still pondering this issue. The problem I have is with making a judgment on a group of people 1,000 years ago who basically didn’t have a choice whether or not to eat meat; I don’t think it is fair to say that everyone in the history of the world who killed animals for food was immoral. Nor do I believe they were entirely justified: Obviously, humans have done many terrible and inexcusable things to animals. I just don’t feel that I am in a position to judge them.

I do know that today, especially in the west, we do have the resources and knowledge to chose a life that does not exploit animals, and we should not ride on thousands of years of meat-eating traditions as an excuse.

]]> By: jonben http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/vegansoapboxcom/#comment-67 jonben Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:32:22 +0000 http://veganmusings.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-67 How does killing a small number of animals in a gatherer-hunter society get around our ethical obligations not to harm nonhuman animals. How does killing a small number of animals in a gatherer-hunter society get around our ethical obligations not to harm nonhuman animals.

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