The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.
An attorney for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in federal court Tuesday his client has to subsist on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail he’s in isn’t accommodating his vegan diet.
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Why would I harm others for my own pleasure/sustenance when there is an alternative…?
This, for me, has always been the very simple point and it pains me how many people just don’t get it.
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the vegan society specifically says animals
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you can’t prove this.
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there is no proof any nonhuman animal has a “desire to live” because there isn’t proof they understand personal mortality.
as for whether they have the capacity to suffer, which is all that sentience really seems to require, you can’t prove that they don’t have the capacity to suffer because you can’t prove a negative. the best you can say is that you don’t think there is enough evidence to support a claim that they ARE sentient.
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none of this is proof they understand personal mortality, which is the crux if this disagreement.
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maybe sentience or wanting to live aren’t metrics we should use as the basis of our morality.
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prove this. please find me any proof this is true.
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this is anecdotal, and you’ve already said you don’t agree with the vegan society, so i don’t see any reason to believe your interpretation of their very explicit claim over what they actually say.
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i’m reading the words they wrote. you’re saying “they didn’t mean the words they wrote”
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the founder of the vegan society also coined the term vegan.
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don’t tell me what to do
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calling me stupid doesnt bolster your position at all.
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you’re only giving one vegan’s definition. you don’t speak for everyone.
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calling me stupid doesnt bolster your position at all.
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i prefer to deal with one topic at a time.
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ah, the rhetorical equivalent of a ten year old saying “i’m not touching you”.
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