That’s not what those words in that order mean.
But if that’s the argument you are trying to have with me, then what a weird attempt at gotcha that is, what a misguided argument it is. It’s one step above from “well, potato is also alive therefore vegans are murderers hehehe I’m very smart”.
I don’t know about you, but I like to minimise pain and distress to other creatures that can feel pain and distress, that I do. And this weird chain of logic “you value your life more than a life of an insect, therefore there are different types of animals, therefore one has all the rights and the others can be tortured and exploited” doesn’t work in this framework.
I like to minimise pain and distress to other creatures that can feel pain
Not true. If you were trying to minimise, you would stop preaching. It is a real pain to read someone mistakenly believing his morals are better than others.
That’s not what those words in that order mean.
But if that’s the argument you are trying to have with me, then what a weird attempt at gotcha that is, what a misguided argument it is. It’s one step above from “well, potato is also alive therefore vegans are murderers hehehe I’m very smart”.
I don’t know about you, but I like to minimise pain and distress to other creatures that can feel pain and distress, that I do. And this weird chain of logic “you value your life more than a life of an insect, therefore there are different types of animals, therefore one has all the rights and the others can be tortured and exploited” doesn’t work in this framework.
Not true. If you were trying to minimise, you would stop preaching. It is a real pain to read someone mistakenly believing his morals are better than others.