Posted November 22, 2014
Klumpen0815: People could at least try to understand this perspective and the concentration camp analogy really isn't far off and sometimes what is needed to understand.
I'll just assume this isn't directed at me as I was merely observing the reactions and not saying I don't understand the analogy. Quite the contrary, actually, considering how a lot of animals meant for eating are treated it is indeed not far off. There is just a big difference in people's views on cruelty towards animals versus cruelty towards their fellow men. (Even among different species of animals. It's almost funny how some will resent the idea of eating cats or dogs while chewing on a hamburger.)
Is it true that this is mostly due to the fact that before being kept as pets, rats were (and still are) used in animal testing and basically bred to have tumors?