Meat, dairy, and eggs should be banned worldwide.

Outline I. Summary of Con's argument. II. Rebuttal of Con's argument III. Summary IV. Links I. Summary of Con's argument First, Con only uses one large paragraph. Making it harder to decipher Con's argument. Second, rather than spell out Pro's outline, Con uses shorthand. 1 A. as opposed to 1 A. Establishing sentience. Third, Con has yet to use any outside sources. Forth Con relies upon religion to justify eating of meat, eggs, and dairy without revealing which religion Con is using. Fifth, there are many bare assertions in Con's argument. II. Rebuttal of Con's argument "1 A. i do mostly agree,but i don't believe animals are equal to humans.God said we are to rule over the animals and they are food for us.Animals shouldn't be neglected or killed in a painful way but they are not humans and shouldn't be treated as humans. " Con Which religion do you refer to? I assume since you mean Hinduism because that was the first religion that came into my head. " What is Hinduism? Hinduism is the world's oldest extant religion, with a billion followers, which makes it the world's third largest religion." [21]. "1 B. I agree that factory farming is wrong and should not be allowed." Con Agreed. "My solution is to raise animals outside in fenced enclosures that cover many acres.They would be outside in their native environment and would live like they would if they was in the wild. People would care for the animals and they would be slaughtered in a humane way. This way animals would. live happy and healthy lives,and humans would get the food we need." Con Disagree, there are many cruel practices involved in even small scale farming. Watch the Happy Cow slideshow from humane myth if you disbelieve this claim. [22.] Even small farms have cruel practices and animal suffering is present thus, all meat, eggs, and dairy should be banned, including small organic farms. Remember the profit motive is at work, it would be much cheaper to use a useless label like "humane" and then use inhumane practices. The temptation would always be present. As for the food we need, we can get plenty from vegan sources as shown in the previous round. In fact vegan food is more sustainable. "Meat is less efficient because we eat the animal that eats the grain instead of eating the grain ourselves. It takes about 15 pounds of feed to make 1 pound of beef, 6 pounds of feed for 1 pound of pork and 5 pounds of feed for 1 pound of chicken, the Department of Agriculture estimates. For catfish, it's about 2 pounds of feed per pound of fish." [23]. Its common knowledge that starvation and world hunger are a problem. By continuing to eat meat you are putting an unnecessary demand on the world's resources. Thus, helping to cause people to starve to death. Human blood is on the meat eater's hands. "A child starves to death every 2 seconds. 40,000 people starve to death every day while their governments ship grain to the U.S. to feed pigs, cows and chickens so that we may satisfy our desire for flesh, milk and eggs. If everyone in the world ate like people in the U.S. do, only 2.5 billion people could be sustained. The current world population is 6.3 billion and is expected to be over 9 billion by 2050. If everyone ate a Vegan diet, at least 20 billion people could be sustained. " [24]. "1 C Would. not be causing suffering if raised in the way stated above." Disagree. Humans haven't found a way to execute other humans reliably without pain. Pro contends there is no reliable way to kill a sentient being without causing suffering. "In the USA, a number of lethal injection executions have been botched. Some executions have lasted between 20 minutes to over an hour and prisoners have been seen gasping for air, grimacing and convulsing during executions. Autopsies have shown severe, foot long chemical burns to the skin and needles have been found in soft tissue."[25.] "1. D. first off I believe it's our right to eat meat and dairy products." Con You seem to be one of these three religions, Judaism, Christianity, or Islamic. Although under those religions a follower has the right to eat meat and dairy products, you don't have the right to be Greedy, one of the seven deadly sins. You also are bound by the ten commandments. The sixth commandment is "thou shall not kill." By counting to eat animal flesh you are taking more than your share due, thus greed. Not only that but you are killing other human beings. Killing other humans via air pollution, global climate change, and out competing starving 3rd world country people for grain. The grain is given to feed animals raised in factory farms as opposed to feeding hungry humans, as seen in link [24]. Thus, breaking the sixth commandment. Note, Pro is not a biblical scholar, so Pro doesn't know the parameters of the sixth commandment. Still, its probably not a good idea to kill other human beings, even if accidental. "YIt would be very hard for most people to survive on just a vegetarian diet.Lack of nutrients would cause people to get malnutrition and diseases caused by malnutritionment would be a crisis." Con Pro already proved a person can be healthy as a vegan and receive enough nutrients in round 2 1 D. Not necessary for survival to eat these foods. Furthermore, if everyone was forced to be a vegan it would be a lot easier. Since people could share tips and give moral support. "1. E disagrees." Con No back up this claim, Pro provides evidences to the contrary. "2 A. Would be hard for everyone to eat this way." Con Bare assertion. "2. B. Cholesterol,and fat is not unhealthy if not over eaten." Con True, but Con fails to define the parameters of how much can be eaten before too much. "3 A. Its called the food cycle,nothing to worry about. " Con Pro begs to differ. By continually eating meat a person is practicing greed and gluttony. " what about all the acres of forest that will have to be cut down for fields of crops?" Con Meat production takes copious amounts of grain and grain fields. These grain fields could be used to feed the hungry. "It would do more harm to the environment if we destroy the environment by making more room for crops to grow." Con Less crops would be needed. As shown above. III. Summary Pro's argument stands, Pro has defeated every argument Con has made. Meat, dairy, and eggs should be banned worldwide. Save the planet, save the animals, feed starving people by giving up meat today. Vote Pro. IV. Links 21. http://hinduism.about.com... 22. http://humanemyth.org... 23. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com... 24. http://www.animalliberationfront.com... 25. http://www.amnestyusa.org...