UCSC Debate: Is Eating Meat Ethical? Part 1

UCSC Debate on Is Eating Meat Ethical? PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich faces off with members of the UCSC Ethics bowl team in front of a packed room of UCSC students. The debate was sponsored by peta2 in conjunction with Banana Slugs for Animals.

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[TheRealThreeP]

When we meet, Bruce Friedrich, there will be no mercy!

[NPRAlexHowell]

"A very outdated book"? lol The Bible is a book of God. Lets say for the purpose of fair argument that the Bible is a book that was written along time ago and holds no meaning today. Than Staci, you are right. But lets also say for the sake of argument that it is a true book that contains the word of God. Would the word of God hold less meaning today than it did over 2,000 years ago, or do you think The word of God is unchanging?

[StaciMarie333]

@NPRAlexHowell Umm yeah still no excuse there. The other animals have their own purpose in life just as we do. To live and procreate. They were not made just for us. It is utterly ridiculous that you think a very outdated book should be taken as some sort of "proof". I don't mean to bash your religion, honestly, but the good information in the Bible is few and far between. Not to mention a plant based diet is the best thing for your health, we all know fruits and veggies are the best to eat!

[esquimalt1]

@NPRAlexHowell Bible isn't evidence. It's a book of unverified claims that millions of people believe have something to do with the divine.

[NPRAlexHowell]

@esquimalt1 THE BILBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NPRAlexHowell]

@StaciMarie333 "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you". You cant eat what you dont kill. Im not saying that killing animals is ok. It is ok if you kill animals for food not for sport. And this verse proves that it is okay to KILL and Eat animals, that is why they are here.

[StaciMarie333]

@NPRAlexHowell That's not an excuse to kill...

[NPRAlexHowell]

Genesis 9:1-3 says: "Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall upon all of the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, now I give you everything."

[RetSquid]

@esquimalt1

I used 'scavenge' in the sense of "eating already dead meat", not "eating rotting meat".

Third world countries do have lower-quality water, that is why we would get sick there, not becasue of the lower quality food. Those who live there have stronger systems and survive what would kill a first-worlder.

Any mistakes in that video I will post there.

[esquimalt1]

@RetSquid Yes sir, look up what scavenging is. And how do you except these animals to be killed? Someone would have had to kill them unnaturally...

And these third world countries have mostly sick people from contaminated drinking water. Do you honestly think they're all healthy?

Mistakes that are obvious? I challenge you to name one.