• zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    “Hey son, here’s a firearm, let’s go kill something, systematically eviscerate and skin it, and then consume its flesh while taking joy and pride in each step of the process. Oh, don’t ever do this to humans or dogs.” I dunno, seems pretty weird to me.

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      10 months ago

      You’re loosely describing most of human history.

      “Let’s take these plant babies and grind them into a pulp, drown it, let it be eaten by a bunch of tiny monsters until they fart enough gas, and then burn it” also sounds kinda weird. Welcome to the universe; shit’s a little whack.

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        10 months ago

        You’re loosely describing most of human history.

        To play devils advocate, you’re arguing an appeal to tradition, which is a logical fallacy.

        Just because we’ve historically operated in a certain way, it does not mean it is morally permissible behavior.

        The appeal to tradition has been used to argue in favor of slavery, racism, and a lot of other horrendous human behavior.

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          So? It’s patently obvious that millions of people go hunting every year without turning into mass murderers. Pointing out logical fallacies isn’t an argument.

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            It’s patently obvious that millions of people go hunting every year without turning into mass murderers.

            I never said they do.

            Pointing out logical fallacies isn’t an argument.

            I wasn’t staking any claims in this argument. Just pointing out how yours is invalid.

            I did so because it’s constructive criticism to promote better reasoning. But of course you’re too immature to receive constructive criticism, so you defensively deflect it instead.

            Edit: oh wait you’re not even the user I was speaking to…

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      10 months ago

      Oh boy, wait until you hear about this type of animal called omnivores. They can survive off vegtable but they still hunt and eat meat because obviously they’re evil strange and un-natural.

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          10 months ago

          You’re calling something that happens in nature all the time un natural then asking that I don’t bring up nature. Okay buddy, want me to not bring up everything that makes tour argument ridiculous too? Or just the ones you don’t have a canned response for?