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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
Seeing as human beings are not a higher form of life when compared to animals it therefore follows that animals shoud shre some of the same basic rights. For if it is right to kill and eat a pig then surely it is the same to kill and eat a human being. I can see no reason why (apart from potential health risks) why it would be acceptable to eat all other animals except for human beings.
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This issue is consent. If something cannot consent the idea of assigning it rights and responsibilities becomes meaningless.