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Cheap_Coffee t1_itwnpe6 wrote

Reply to comment by SouthShoreSerenade in Soon to be furbidden: Cambridge adopts ordinance banning fur sales by bostondotcom

Okay, we'll start all over again.

"Sure, if you ignore the dozens of factors that make them extremely different things."

Please enlighten us.

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SouthShoreSerenade t1_itwx0kg wrote

And again, if you don't see a difference between animals which are raised for meat (food being a basic human necessity) and whose entire carcasses are able to be used, vs. the animals which are only raised to be skinned and then the rest of the carcasses tossed, you don't deserve my time. So screw off.

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asoneth t1_itz9v0v wrote

Agreed that food and clothing are basic human necessities.

But in modern society, food and clothing made from animals are not necessary. Animals are used for reasons of convenience, cost, and pleasure.

I believe that the primary difference is not logical but just that killing animals for food is still culturally accepted and killing animals for clothing is less so.

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