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Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.

TLDR - Unemployed vegan must move off grid into woods to escape eviction in Colorado. Supports killing babies but not chickens. Delusions of making rationale points that others find arbitrary, fabricated, or irrelevant.