In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

As for animals not being culpable. I don't agree. I don't even understand how to sympathize/empathize* with that. (* whichever one you take to mean feel the same feelings as someone else) For instance, I don't even know the justifications that would be necessary to create my mindset to think that way.

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Holes in the ozone come to mind. Humans have cut down the rain forests, over-mined resources from the Earth, polluted the oceans, taken over habitats, etc, etc. And, the salient point is, humans have taken more than they need. Out of selfishness, greed, unconsciousness.

What have animals done to contribute to the destruction of the life here (including the planet, which I consider live)?

I'll just say I don't think that way. I wouldn't make those connections from A to B.

Okay, accepted. But I was positing why some people might have more concern for animals than humans. Or rather, feel that animals deserve concern over humans. Just a theory.