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Blood Meal (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

There are vegan blood meal alternatives out there to resolve this exact conundrum.

But the reality is, unless your plants are being grown hydroponically in a sealed warehouse or similar, chances are real good that they are feeding on decaying animals (either directly or indirectly) whether you like it or not. They're mostly insects and annelids and such, but still animals.

I think the issue for vegans is more about whether animal slaughter was involved in making their fertilizer. Dead pillbugs in the soil is just nature doing its cycle of life thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Humans are just as much part of nature as everything else

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If i see you get attacked by wild animals i guess i won't try to help you, wouldn't want to go against nature or anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's funny how this is downvoted. Not that I agree, but wouldn't that be the logical conclusion?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Rest assured, i don't agree with it either, but as you say this seems to follow from the statement

We shouldn't treat/cure cancer, cancer happens in nature and we're a part of nature
We shouldn't try to prevent rape, rape happens in nature and we're part of nature
We shouldn't try to limit animal suffering, animal suffering happens in nature and we're part of nature

It's the good old argument from naturalism

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