Question about the legality of meat

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This is not an attack, it's a genuine question. I'm vegan, but I think meat should be legal, because some people can't go vegan for health reasons, and some pets need meat to survive. It seems like most vegans do think meat should be illegal. I'm just wondering, how would it work with the people who actually need meat?

Milnesco · Answer

I wonder if the ‘medical reasons’ are I’ll informed?

Veganup · Answer

I agree with Milnesco.  If someone said I couldn’t be vegan for “health” reasons I would find a new doctor and/or nutritionist..  As for pets, my dog was vegan most of his life and lived to 13, which is pretty good for a large breed dog.  There are also companies such as Because Animals that are working on cultured meat for pet foods.  I think there are alternatives out there.

TheHumanPuffball · Answer

Cats do require meat though, plant based cat foods (at current technological capabilities) are not sufficient.                                                            I’m not sure on the health reasons one.

Milnesco · Answer

I don't like the idea of vilifying or attacking others. I often wonder though, what would I do if I lived in [censored] Germany and knew the purpose of the concentration and labour camps? The speciest idea that a person or an animal is lesser, and therefore is subject to suffering by someone who considers themselves greater is abhorrent. It is illegal in most circumstances and nations to harm or kill other people, although it wasn't in [censored] Germany or in many circumstances in most nations now. Apparently, many people feel it is ok for the state to murder some criminals, or in war, or to torture for information, or to punish wrongdoers. Legality and ethics are different. Ethics should inform the law but the law is informed by majority and vested interests. It is a good goal to move toward a vegan majority and then we can change the law.

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less_talk_more_tofu · Answer

Making meat illegal would signal a desperate attempt to cope with the catastrophic failure of all vegan initiatives. It only really matters if people choose it. 

Regulation is sufficient while we are still trapped in the capitalist's hellworld. Incentives for vegan businesses, disincentives for the meat industry - that kind of crap. They'd have to be steep though to offset that climate impact ASAP. Someone let me know when that's on the ballots LOL I'll give it a thumbs up.

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