If animals could talk would people still kill and eat them?!


Question: If animals could talk would people still kill and eat them!?
An example: A study has found that parrots have the intelligent of a 5 year old child, and the communication skills of a 2 year old!.
http://www!.abc!.net!.au/news/newsitems/200!.!.!.

These are so called 'dumb birds' the direct decedents of dinosaurs!.
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That's why I'm vegetarian!. Most animals have a highly develpoed nervous system and they can feel pain as well as a human!. Speak for the unspoken!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Intelligence has nothing to do with whether an animal deserves to live or not!.

If it is ok to eat animals that are less intelligent, then it is also ok to eat human children and people who are mentally retarded!.

Besides, there are lots of different types of intelligence; monkeys can swing through trees at 30MPH without crashing, cats can pounce with precision and amazing speed!. dogs can detect smells on the wind from miles away!.!.!. animals mentally adapt to their environment in lots of different ways, so who are we to say which form of intelligence is superior!? I think the reason why most humans rank 'human intelligence' as 'superior' is merely bias - they are humans so are more likely to favour their own group!. Just like Britons are more likely to favour the UK, and Americans are more likely to favour the USA!.

To specifically answer your question:

If animals could speak human languages, I don't think many people would exploit them for food at all!. Humans value human intelligence and would respect the animals for having it, just like a lot of humans are respectful of dolphins (dolphin-friendly tuna) but have no qualms with eating a 'dumb' pig or cow!. also, the animals would be able to speak about the horrors they've been through and perhaps people would start empathising with them and stop exploiting them for food, entertainment, clothing and lab experiments!.

Of course, there are many humans who will abuse fellow humans, despite their pleas of mercy - there would still be many who would exploit animals!.

I think that if man stopped exploiting animals, he would have more respect for the other Earthlings on this planet as well - Jews were driven to concentration camps in cattle lorries - this might not have happened if the cows weren't exploited in the first place, for two reasons!.

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What do you mean "if they could talk"!? They *can* talk--maybe I should say "speak"--we just can't speak their language!. And pigs are said to be smarter than dogs; go figure!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

But they don't talk and never will, so we will never know the answer to that one
God help us all if they learn to drive as well!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't think most people would be able to eat them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no they wouldn't eat them, they don't talk now and some peoople don't eat them!Www@FoodAQ@Com

i sure would eat 'em, i dont care what they can do, they are Delicious!Www@FoodAQ@Com

gosh, I never thought of it that way!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

no way vege 4 life!Www@FoodAQ@Com

what if my uncle had a vagina!? would he be my aunt!? who cares about what if's!? they can't, even if they could it doesn't really matter to me!. i'm a heartless bastard though!. not a smelly hippie!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes because they are delicious!.
Especially when you brown and crisp their skin!.!.!.ummmm yummyWww@FoodAQ@Com





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