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Since we are omnivorous and not carnivorous, this has become a moral issue.

But we're also not herbivorous. And like the web page illustrates, our understanding of flora is lacking.

I personally think sustenance is a health not a moral issue. I believe certain organisms must die in order for us to thrive. This means eliminating certain germs, certain bacteria, certain dangerous plants, and certain delicious animals/plants.

And while we can eliminate eating meat directly, I think the article makes a good point about collateral damage.

We already have drastically altered our environment with farming, which is a much bigger effect than what our normal hunting would have.

Anyway, i think the solution to the moral issue at hand will be artificial in vitro meat.

There's another moral dimension about whether we kill the animals ourselves or get someone else to do it, and if we're happy for industrial systems to produce food.

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