[niek_pas]

> I'm perfectly fine eating something that was alive, so long as it was treated with respect and was killed humanely. Doing so connects you, a living being, to other living beings that are part of the circle of life, which live and die the same way you and I will.

Would you say the same thing about killing other humans for food? If not, why not?

[troyvit]

I'll answer for that person. If humans were naturally cannibalistic then I think they'd agree. For instance, if we were spiders it would seem pretty natural to eat each other. But the fact is that cannibalism, even among the biggest fans of CAFOs, is just not that much fun.

I'd ask the poster a similar question though. If a monkey or chimp was treated with respect and killed humanely, would they eat that?