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by rickjames28 4654 days ago
Yeah, the PETA crowd argument, which gleans over the fact that the cow wouldn't exist to begin with if not for those evil farmers and human carnivores.

These anthropomorphic arguments tend to be the result of emotional immaturity, something you find in small children.

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"These anthropomorphic arguments tend to be the result of emotional immaturity, something you find in small children."

Oh, the irony in this sentence!

It's anthropomorphic to think that dairy cows would choose to bear their immense suffering for the sake of the perpetuation of their species (EDIT: because they're not aware of such a concept; survival instinct is all about the individual being pain-averse in an immediate sense), and it's immature to resort to name-calling in an argument.

Cows would probably rather not ever existed than lead the lives they lead.