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Message: <blockquote data-quote="baklava" data-source="post: 4857967" data-attributes="member: 40182">Biologically animals, yeah, but we are people as well (although some humans truly are just animals and deserve to be slaughtered)If I were a worm, a chicken or a fish wouldn’t think twice about biting me in half and letting me suffer to death. However I would never torture any animal. I have the mental capacity to make that decision whereas lesser animals do not. Because I’m a person. And a mammal. And an ape. Those are not mutually exclusive. We can agree that there are degrees of sentience amongst living creatures? It’s why most people who otherwise eat meat would find killing and eating a dog to be abhorrent. To quote Jules in Pulp Fiction, “personality goes a long way”TL;DR: fair point but not an apt comparison. Golden rule for humans and don’t be mean to animals.</blockquote>