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Old 10-16-2013, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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Would the food supply be inadequate for the population? What else might happen?
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Old 10-16-2013, 07:08 PM
 
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Would the food supply be inadequate for the population? What else might happen?
How do you eliminate cruelty? Do you mean animal cruelty?
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Old 10-16-2013, 07:10 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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That all depends on what you apply "cruelty" to, if we eliminate all forms of cruelty, people, animals, fish, birds, earth worms, insects, where do we stop. Is it ok to eat a lettuce head, or other vegetables. What about their right to life.

Yes, there would be a huge amount of negative consequences. Animal populations would explode, just to name one.
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Old 10-16-2013, 07:35 PM
 
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Use military might to force Lions into a vegan diet!
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Old 10-16-2013, 07:42 PM
 
Location: SC
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If we eliminate "cruelty" from the food supply, we must immediately kill, and make extinct, all wild predators to be fair.

Ever see a pack of lions or wolves pull down and pursue an adult animal, and tear it limb to limb, ripping out its rectum and slicing through its rear ligaments while it's still alive for 30 minutes?

Humans are some of the most humane creatures on the planet when it comes to killing for food, despite what vegatarians and extremist animal rights groups like PETA and HSUS would have you believe.

I suppose the next logical question would be: What do you consider to be cruelty?
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Old 10-16-2013, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Fredericktown,Ohio
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Use military might to force Lions into a vegan diet!
Sounds like a job for American Exceptionalism, USA USA USA
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Old 10-17-2013, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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This was posted in Debates, and I have no idea why it was moved. It is intended as merely an exercise, not at all political.

I often wonder (and maybe this should have been the question), what if you could magically make a change in the world, such as eliminating cruelty, or making everyone have enough fresh water, or eliminating hatred, could these seemingly good things result in bad things happening?
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Old 10-17-2013, 07:19 AM
 
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Only if the human brain was a programmable computer.
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Old 10-17-2013, 07:26 AM
 
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How do you eliminate cruelty? Do you mean animal cruelty?
When threads start someone blurting out a random thoughts with no context at all, it might be a good idea to just ignore it
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