[split] "Some people eat animals, some don't."

[Monica]

One more clarification, Tired Philosopher: I never compared the generic topic of death itself to rape. You seem to be implying that when animals are killed, it's just a simple, swift death, not to be compared to elongated torture or suffering in general.

Death can happen for myriad reasons. Death is simply the transformation from this reality into the next. Death is an entirely different issue.

It is a specific type of death that is relevant here: the forced death, by an abuser onto the victim. Killing another entity is the ultimate act of controlling them, and thus inherently has an STS attribute.

Whether the victim is a cow or a human, the actions are pretty much the same. The response is also the same: Struggling to escape the torturer/executioner, crying out and trembling from fear, and then when the strike comes, extreme pain.

Oh and the blood. Let's not forget that.

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