No.QuarterSo at what point in the evolution of humans did eating animals become murder and unethical? Was the hunting of bison to sustain an entire community and utilization of every part of the animal by Native Americans unethical? Hate to break it to you but a vegan diet is not feasible for 95% of human population and the option to make vegan consumption choices has an extremely high amount of privilege associated with it.
I really cannot understand people who won't eat animals because the only thing they find unethical about it is the fact that an animal is killed, completely ignoring the massive amount of much more ethically dubious practices involved in the production of meat. The fact that an animal is killed so that someone can eat a burger is not the problem, the problem is the practices associated with raising an animal.
What do you think is more unethical, shopping with a vegan grocery list at a supermarket owned by a megacorporation where most of the produce was shipped halfway across the country and things come out of a factory with "VEGAN!" plastered all over the colorful plastic packaging, or hunting an elk and having a full freezer for half a year and buying locally sourced in-season produce?
"So at what point in the evolution of humans did eating animals become murder and unethical? Was the hunting of bison to sustain an entire community and utilization of every part of the animal by Native Americans unethical?"
Eating animals has always been murder, but it became unethical when it stopped being necessary to our survival. Native Americans used to have to hunt bison in order to sustain themselves. Now we have the option to be completely healthy without taking anybody's life, so it unethical to still eat animals.
"Hate to break it to you but a vegan diet is not feasible for 95% of human population and the option to make vegan consumption choices has an extremely high amount of privilege associated with it."
What makes you think that it isn't feasible for 95% of the population? The cheapest foods you can buy are vegan, and there are zero nutrients that you can't get from plants. Even assuming you do need to be privileged to be a vegan, you are a skier living in America. Why wouldn't you want to use your privilege to stop the slavery, rape, and murder of innocent beings?
"I really cannot understand people who won't eat animals because the only thing they find unethical about it is the fact that an animal is killed, completely ignoring the massive amount of much more ethically dubious practices involved in the production of meat. The fact that an animal is killed so that someone can eat a burger is not the problem, the problem is the practices associated with raising an animal."
No vegan has ever said that the
only thing wrong with using animals is that they have to die. I understand that the way animals are treated before their death is terrible, regardless of whether they are "free range" or any other marketing bullshit. However, the unnecessary murder of an animal is still a problem no matter how well they are treated during their life.
"What do you think is more unethical, shopping with a vegan grocery list at a supermarket owned by a megacorporation where most of the produce was shipped halfway across the country and things come out of a factory with "VEGAN!" plastered all over the colorful plastic packaging, or hunting an elk and having a full freezer for half a year and buying locally sourced in-season produce?"
I think that murdering an elk is absolutely more unethical that buying a plant-based option from a corporation. I don't see anything inherently wrong with shopping at a grocery store. The vast majority of meat is also still bought at the supermarket, so it would make a lot more sense to compare hunting to gardening. Personally, I grow most of the fruits and vegetables I eat during the summer myself.
