On 29/01/2021 20:26, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:05:41 +0000, "Jimmy Stewart ..."
wrote:


Does this go against your vegi principals?...

1) I'm not 'a vegi', I'm 'a vegan' and they are very different things.

A vegi doesn't eat meat, possibly because they don't like the cruelty
subjected on animals we breed for their meat, but is perfectly happy
with the cruelty subjected on animals for all the other things (and
that are often worse in the form of long term suffering).

https://hackaday.com/2021/01/28/swin...rack-for-2021/

This is the same issue as killing one animal to feed another (like a
pet cat that is an obligate carnivore), killing one animal to
potentially / temporarily save / prolong the life of another, in this
case a human.

It might be acceptable under the 'as far as possible' general
guidelines for veganism, depending on your personal ethics.

"Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is
possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty
to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose."

So taking a pigs life to save a humans *might* be considered
acceptable to some (vegans).

I'm still not sure I'd want to pull the trigger myself, even if it
were for me and therefore I wouldn't expect anyone else to do it for
me.


Cheers, T i m


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