Is killing pigs for food the same as murdering children?

[Mavorpen]

Try growing a porterhouse ribeye.

What makes you think it's not possible...?

[Rostogovia]

Thats why the inter nation community should be more willing to get involved in this sort of thing.

It's almost as if you didn't even read his post.

Sorry about that, I admit I only read the bottom part. As for the health condition part I partially agree with you.

[Geilinor]

I'd have to consider that, but I'd probably say no.

Why not?

By "no", I mean no to your question. So "no, I likely wouldn't be against it."

[Soldati Senza Confini]

So then, I have a question: if in vitro meat production becomes cheap enough to be accessible to everyone, would you be against animal farming?

Is it just as tasty?

^This

I don't want my food tasting like tofu.

[Mormak]

What about the millions of wild animals in the Amazon rainforest dying from deforestation at the behest of soy companies? What about the Andean peasants who can no longer afford to eat the quinoa crops that they themselves grew due to skyrocketing demand by white vegans in the first world?

Unfortunate side effects *nods*.

Goddamn rich Hippies starving the poor soy farmers

[Geilinor]

Is it just as tasty?

^This

I don't want my food tasting like tofu.

Why would it taste like tofu if you're growing animal flesh?

[Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic]

So then, I have a question: if in vitro meat production becomes cheap enough to be accessible to everyone, would you be against animal farming?

No.

"Real" meat "from an animal" will then become a high-quality, sought-after item.
Try growing a porterhouse ribeye.

Of course. Natural silk still exists midst the various artificial fibers.

[Mavorpen]

What about the millions of wild animals in the Amazon rainforest dying from deforestation at the behest of soy companies? What about the Andean peasants who can no longer afford to eat the quinoa crops that they themselves grew due to skyrocketing demand by white vegans in the first world?

Unfortunate side effects *nods*.

I never got that argument.

Animals are going to die, no matter what. Our food production will always require land and always produce casualties.

[Greater-London]

So then, I have a question: if in vitro meat production becomes cheap enough to be accessible to everyone, would you be against animal farming?

No because I think so long as animal farming is done to a certain standard it isn't cruel. If you don't have a problem with eating meat now - knowing that you can live a healthy life without it and then change because in vitro meat is available then your a bit silly.

[Insane Kidney Mentality]

This^. Pigs aren't being killed for no reason, eating them is the express purpose.

So then, I have a question: if in vitro meat production becomes cheap enough to be accessible to everyone, would you be against animal farming?

Against? Probably not, seeing as I have no issue with the practice. I certainly might be in support of in vitro meat, being a cheap source of protein and all, though I'd imagine it being somewhat like spam...

[Mavorpen]

Is it just as tasty?

^This

I don't want my food tasting like tofu.

Uh... tofu doesn't have one specific taste if you're cooking it right.

[Rostogovia]

If I've offended anybody over the course of this thread I apologize, such was not my intention.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

^This

I don't want my food tasting like tofu.

Why would it taste like tofu if you're growing animal flesh?

Genetic Engineering.

[Benuty]

I see nothing about sapience.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

^This

I don't want my food tasting like tofu.

Uh... tofu doesn't have one specific taste if you're cooking it right.

I know, I was just jesting.

[Najuristan]

Yes but killing other species for food is natural. Every carnivore/omnivore you can think of does it. Also, killing a pig is not the same as killing a human, because they are different animals

[Mavorpen]

Why would it taste like tofu if you're growing animal flesh?

Genetic Engineering.

Why would they genetically engineer it to taste like tofu?

[Insane Kidney Mentality]

Why would it taste like tofu if you're growing animal flesh?

Genetic Engineering.

Genetically-modified corn still tastes like corn.

[Greater-London]

Against? Probably not, seeing as I have no issue with the practice. I certainly might be in support of in vitro meat, being a cheap source of protein and all, though I'd imagine it being somewhat like spam...

Why though? I mean if you could using genetic engineering grow a cow that was completely brain dead (Basically heart lungs and a mouth) surely it would taste the same?

[Mavorpen]

Uh... tofu doesn't have one specific taste if you're cooking it right.

I know, I was just jesting.

Well...stop that.

[Rostogovia]

Genetic Engineering.

Genetically-modified corn still tastes like corn.

Monsanto tomatoes have fish DNA in them, and they dont taste like fish.

[Calimera II]

^This

I don't want my food tasting like tofu.

Uh... tofu doesn't have one specific taste if you're cooking it right.

Of course it does.

[Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic]

Genetic Engineering.

Why would they genetically engineer it to taste like tofu?

Why do my grape flavored Skittles taste nothing like grape?

[Anollasia]

I don't eat pigs anyway.

[Diopolis]

Multiple studies have shown that pigs preform better on intelligence tests and cognitive evaluations than most 3 year old children, indicating that they are just as sentient as 3 year old children of our own species. Mother pigs in factory farms are known to cry and howl for days after they are separated from their children, pacing around their pens and attempting to find their lost children. what does NS think, is the meat industry genocide?

"Pigs have the cognitive ability to be quite sophisticated. Even more so than dogs and certainly three-year olds.” — Professor Donald Broom, Oxford University

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/opinion/thinking-about-pigs-before-theyre-food.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10angier.html

No. As nonhuman entities, they exist for our use.