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Masterfully Off-Kilter: Julian Lage, "Boo's Blues"

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion9/13/2021 11:02:35 pm PDT

re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter

I gave up eating red meat in 1994. The thought of elephant or mammoth seems so wrong — such majestic creatures should be protected not killed and eaten. We humans are so bad at sharing our planet with others.

I eat meat. I love meat. I try to not eat too much though, and I know the environmental impact of it is not good. I will not however as a rule eat the meat of any animal that is intelligent. Elephants pass the mirror-test. I will assume that even if these cloned Mammoths don’t, they will be close enough (and that test is not the only indicator of intelligence).

As far as I’m concerned, killing intelligent animals (Whales, Dolphins, Apes, Elephants, Octopuses, and Corvids) is murder and no different than killing a human. I’m teetering on possibly even giving up pork as it’s looking like Pigs might be close to that list, but I haven’t made that leap yet.