Myth # 75 : " But eating animals is my personal choice ." ( also heard as “ But it is my right to eat animals .”)
Myth # 75 : " But eating animals is my personal choice ." ( also heard as “ But it is my right to eat animals .”)
It is true that I myself have no right to criticize the decisions you make that do not infringe on the rights of others , and yet I have every right to openly defend the innocent by denouncing any & all of your choices that willfully & knowingly confine , abuse , terrify , violate &/ or murder other sentient beings ... After all , we humans have – as a general rule – finally evolved far enough as a species to understand that acceptable personal choices do not have victims .
My Friends , it is not possible for you to hide behind the mantra of “ live and let live ” or “ to each his or her own ” while supporting the premature death of innocent beings , nor is it correct to claim a " right to eat meat " when that right destroys the rights – indeed the entire lives – of those others … In essence , while I will always support your right to choose , that right becomes fully null & void the moment you use it to rob another conscious being of the same privilege . After all , there is no right to harm – there is only the right to live free from the same .
And this makes complete sense ... After all , if you were to witness a pedophile molesting a child , would you excuse it as a matter of “ personal choice ”? If you were to witness a slave-owner brutally beating his servant , would you excuse it as a matter of “ personal choice ”? If you were to witness a bigot verbally blasting a homosexual , would you excuse it as a matter of “ personal choice ”? If you were to witness a rapist sexually violating your mother or your sister , would you excuse it as a matter of “ personal choice ”? If you were to witness a neighbor torturing his dog , would you excuse it as a matter of " personal choice "? ... Of course you wouldn ' t ! And it is every bit as true that it ’ s not an acceptable " personal choice " to confine & abuse & murder the billions of animals that just want to live their portion of time on Earth in peace , fully free from human cruelties of any kind .
Indeed , any being who can suffer ; any being who is fully aware and experiencing an individual life – breathing and feeling and loving , should be staunchly protected from any other stronger being who thinks it is his or her " personal choice " or " personal right " to willfully harm them in any way . As such , my non-vegan Friends , please know without a shadow of a doubt that you have absolutely NO RIGHT -- based on your traditions or your culture or your desires – to deny animals their freedom … or their happiness … or their lives .
To do so is not to support rights ... … To do so is to create injustice .
To do so is not to support your freedom ... … To do so is to shackle your own Soul .
Current status of this Myth : Reproved & Rejected Justification it provides for eating animals : NONE
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