Warbler said:

darth_ender said:

Yes I defend the rights of mice because they have a clear desire to not die or feel pain and express happiness when their goals are achieved. You are happy to eat more sophisticated creatures which makes you inconsistent or at least speciesist. If someone were to offer human meat for sale would you eat it if it came from someone with the mental capacity of a cow?

Warbler warbed :
That is completely asinine.

I don't take that as an insult. Donkey's, mules and other equines are far more sophisticated than dogs and you wouldn't eat a dog...would you?

would you eat a fetus? You seem to put less value on the life of a fetus than that of a mouse.

I'm a vegetarian, I see no difference in eating a fetus and eating a prawn. I would eat pre-dead animal or human flesh to stay alive but I would never kill or endorse killing. I'd rather die.

I put more importance in a born mouse than an unwanted fetus.

A fetus is only important to the adults surrounding it not to itself, an adult mouse is important to itself and it's significant other or children or parents.

Ender if your are protecting the future potential of the zygote why not protect the future potential of the plankton which may evolve into a fully functioning non-human sentience?

As for most people...I don't post for them. I post for me. As I've said before anything not in a quote box is me not someone else's opinion or a universal truth should such a thing exist.