Abortion is an issue of body autonomy. Fetuses are not people, they are simply clumps of cells which are 100% reliant upon their host. Pretty simple, really. We require organ donors to opt-in so that we can harvest their bits at life's end because we understand that is wrong to tell someone what to do with their body--even after death. We should probably extend similar rights to living, pregnant women, right?
As it applies then to animal rights, it's rather simple, too. Animals have a right to not have you cut their body up and eat it. Der der.
Lot of posts in this thread since I last visited and I won't pretend that I've read any of them past the most recent page, really. I do see this discussion of r/k nonsense and I have to admit it's just another fascinating example of dissonance to see people whose food requires magnitudes more resources claiming they are more prepared to survive a period of scarcity. Like where the fuck you gonna find a thousand gallons of water to produce that pound of beef in your post-apocalyptic fantasy world? Truly a stunning lack of self-awareness going on there. To further debunk the myth, I'll share a couple interesting facts about myself that prove my unmitigated ruggedness.
1) I've spent more than 100 nights in the past three years tent-camping in the Colorado Rockies.
2) I'm looking to purchase a remote mountain property this next Spring where we will build an off-grid home complete with an underground greenhouse to eventually grow all our own food.
3) I single-handedly dominated this thread until the cavalry of kinder, gentler vegans arrived.
Frankly, I don't sense anyone in this thread would be a threat to me if we were set against one another in a contest of life-and-death. I'm clearly capable of imposing my will upon you all. If you had something and I wanted it, I would take it. Basically, you're very fortunate I'm filled with so much empathy and compassion, because if I were more self-centered I'd likely enslave the men of your family and impregnate the women.
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