Based on ethics, Meat should be off the menu

Imply visit your nearest grocery store and peruse the aisles; you"ll find pastas, Beans, Vegetables, Fruits, All types of plant-based protein and millions of other food items that aren"t meat- From the source below it states plants emit noises via gas when it is in distresses signals that plants feels as pain. You might say plant cannot register pain without a brain but plants partake in intelligence behaviour that is not committed using a brain so it isn"t a stretch to say this is also possible. - A nervous system is required to experience physical pain. The fact that plants emit gas when harm is imminent in no way proves that plants feel pain. We can simply opt for non-meat foods that are fortified with the same nurtients with which meant products are fortified-Artificial meat right? This is very expensive with the current technology and for it to be cheap it would require a lot of capital to be placed into Research and Development. Second source below. - I"m not talking about artificial meat, I"m talking about millions of varieties of foods. There"s no nutrients found in meat that can"t be found in thousands of other foods. If veganism was globalized- Don"t think this is possible without radical change. One example is the Middle East. It is dominated by Islam. They have rituals that require meat to be used in the process. To me the only way this changes is with a revolution or most likely outside intervention. That is why for the foreseeable future global veganism I think wishful thinking. - The subject of this debate is whether it"s moral for us to be harming animals, Not whether or not it"s likely that all people, On a global scale, Will actually stop. Just because Islam does something and isn"t likely to change its ways definitely isn"t an argument that it"s moral. The interest of a human should be valued above the interest of an animal- Can you clarify? Does this go in line with unnecessary harm? I think this would be misleading without adding unnecessary into it. - I"m gonna need you to rephrase this question because I don"t know what you"re asking. Where in my original sentence would "unnecessay" be added? That animals are the same as human; its points was that they have the same capacity to suffer. "Not all animals are aware of said suffering which does not mean they have the same capacity to suffer. Third source and go to the Animal which it lists Apes, Monkey and Dolphins having the same level of awareness. - Okay< I didn"t word that sentence right. I should have said "They are the same IN THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUFFER. " Obviously, Not all animals have the same level of awareness as humans; however, They still feel pain as a physical experience. To help you see this issue from my perspective, I want to ask if you believe that skinning your pet dog for your own benefit (for example, Maybe taking a video of it would get a lot of views online and earn you ad revenue. ) should be allowed, Or at the very least if you believe it's a person's moral right to do so. - Society should first accept it is as immoral before it should be punishable by law. By giving the government the power to do this why wouldn't they ban other things using the authoritarianism that they have gained through banning this? Animal cruelly is covered by law. I think that is what you speaking about. The person is morally wrong. - If the person is morally wrong to do cruelty to a dog for the person"s own gain, Why is it not morally wrong to be cruel to a pig for our own gain? Can we switch the debate away from the meat industry? I cannot defend it. I concede that point. If you still want to talk about don't expect sufficient responses because I cannot defend it given by how you phrased this debate. No offence but you did put me in a corner either I lie and this debate is not about truth or hopefully you drop it. - If you want me to ignore the topic of the meat industry, What exactly are we debating about? After all, Why else are animals being unnecessarily harmed if not for industry? We"ve already established that we"re not talking about people in countries where they need to kill animals simply to feed themselves and survive. I would also like to note that Wikipedia is not a reliable source. I'm sorry for how rushed my response is, I let the time slip by without realizing. If you have anything specific you would like me to expand on in my next response I will be happy to.