In regards to eating meat

[3DMonkey]

That has nothing to do with eating, because the "bother" is the same as if you wanted to take my car and drive it into a lake.

This is getting to the crux of the matter.

A person would be bothered if someone wrecked their car or drove it into the lake, because it's their possession, not because the car experiences pain, because cars don't experience pain. It's a thing, not a person.

A person would be bothered if someone tortured their dog, because the dog is a family member. There is another element here: distress at a loved one suffering.

That distress would not be there for the car.

Do you see the difference?

It's inconvenient to have one's car driven into a lake. Any feelings the person has, are of self; SELF is upset because SELF is inconvenienced.

But feelings for one's dog getting tortured are focused on OTHER-self; distress that a loved one is being tortured.

What I said was that your "eating someone's dog" scenario is only a problem because it is personal property, in the same way a car is. As is a person's will, so that there is no spiritual damage when a person takes a bite of steak at the dinner table if they person is detached from remorse.

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If you would like to eat my dog, there is a $2500 charge. Then, there is no problem.

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