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Originally Posted by Spyder73
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I personally do not feel negroes have any rights. Negroes are here to serve whites and that may sound harsh but I am entitled to my beliefs just as you are entitled to yours. Do I kill or hurt negroes for no reason? No. Do I beat or fight my negroes? No, because I am not a psychopath who likes to see things get hurt, but I also find it crazy that someone can go to jail for abusing a negro. They are not the same as us and I don't think that is even debatable.
Most abolitionists that have given me their spiel on why owning slaves is wrong just come off as sounding pretentious and spoiled to me.
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Gee, that was easy.
Seriously though, I know you don't kill animals yourself. No one could handle that, so they pay other people to hurt animals for them. I do not fault you for this cowardice, for it means there is still hope for your redemption. <3
And arguments that rely upon the behavior of pre-historic man are kind of silly, I'm sure everyone'd agree. It is no longer necessary to eat meat. There are other, sustainable, less cruel alternatives for protein-dense foods. Do you model cavemen behavior in other aspects of your day-to-day life? Do you adopt their ethics anywhere else? Are you only eating meat for fear your tribe will reject you? No. Of course not. That would be a regression to our most violent, primal beginnings. That would lower us to the level of animals, which are of course not valuable in any way but as a commodity, right?
I leave you with a quote from Tolstoy, one which counters the caveman argument pretty well, in my opinion: "As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields."
Thanks friends. Be good to each other.