My nine year old vegetarian daughter requested that I get "ugly chickens" for meat, so she "won't have a sign of pity for them". Then Eva said she'll name the meat chickens "Roast, Chicken Roast, Pot Roast, Sliced Roast, Lunch Roast, Pig Roast and Turkey Roast. They'll all be the Roast...
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Yes, I was a hard science major in college. I think those arguments are nonsense. None of these plants are self aware, deliberately manipulating their environment to meet their needs.
BUT if you really are concerned about the death of plants, then it is amoral to eat meat, as many...
Oooh, this is a good place to start (my first post!)
I don't have chickens yet, but this was definitely one of my concerns. My older children are all vegetarian and how they will react is definitely a concern of mine. I don't agree with the across the board boy/girl comment about girls...