(non human) animals deserve rights (such as the right to life)

the video i posted in my previous posts was intended to show that animals can feel fear. I have no intention to manipulate the voters into voting for me. there where many much more gruesome videos i could have used in order to do this and i did not think this one would have that effect. if i could take the video out of my previous post now i would. "killing animals in a painless and discrete fashion is not inhumane." inhumane "without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel." it is both cruel and without compassion. argument "Humans however do have a choice, we can survive without harming (or at least decreasing the amount of suffering)" rebuttal "That choice, however, decreases more human utility than it increases animal utility, as I have shown in my previous argument. My opponent contends the following, which I reject:" this is false as i stated and you agreed meat eating causes many preventable diseases, also meat has proven to be hard for the human body to digest on top of this plant's are often easy to digest. 1. Less abuse and less exploitation of vulnerable human beings. (animal abuse increases chance of someone abusing/murdering a human.) it would seem that Robert K. Ressler disagrees with your statement. "Murderers " very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids," says Robert K. Ressler, who developed profiles of serial killers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation "2. Less world hunger and starvation. (cows eat 70-80% of corn produced)" "In addition, meats have significantly higher digestive value than plants." however this meat decreases our quality of life[4] and our quantity of life. "3. A healthier population (many studies show that a plant biased diet decreases a range of deceases including: cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and obesity)" "For example, eating a plant based diet decrease muscle mass brain functionality" Jim Morris, Billy Simmonds, Amanda Reister, Dusan Dudas, Patrik Baboumian, Alexander Dargatz, Joel Kirkilis, Kenneth G Williams, Robbie Hazeley, and Denise Nicole all disagree with you. on top of that there all body builders. [5] and when it comes to brain functionality i would like you to explain, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Thomas Edison, Pythagoras, and Franz Kafka. these people did not experience any decrease in brain functionality from there veterinarian diet. i can also link you to studies showing veterinarians are more likely to be (more) intelligent[6]. decrease muscle mass and brain functionality are symptoms of malnutrition not vegetarianism. "It is also undeniable fact that healthier first worlds eat more meat than third worlds." however these people also have worse access to plants. pt1. humans have rights. this is not proven false by your first argument as your first argument states that natural rights do not exist. you state that this is your belief and supply weak evidence to support it. you also state that rights are biased on utilitarian reasoning, i have provided evidence that not all rights are biased on this and provided evidence that morals are another factor that can be used when discussing rights. pt2. There is no morally relevant difference between human animals and adult mammals. this is not proven false by your 2nd argument. "I think that my opponent would not dispute that animals possess a much lesser degree of sentience than humans." is what i believe you are talking about. you have also claimed that the fact that humans complain about somewhat senseless things (frizzy hair) it prof of this. this is false as complaining about small things is proof that we live in an abundant world where we can waist energy worrying about small things. because cows do not, can not, complain about irreverent things is not proof that they do not know of there own existence. even if the statement made logical sense it is irrelevant because the difference between the 2 "ranks" is such a minuscule amount. pt3. Therefore adult mammals must have rights too. this statement is no longer proven false by the previous two statements. =============== conclusion =============== is short i believe animals should have rights because animals commonly used in industry's such as the meat industry have proven to be intelligent[1,2,3], sentient, and it would increase human utility. it would increase world health and decrease preventable diseases. a vegan (human) society would decrease pollution, deforestation, and animal abuse. earth would benefit massively from all this, and the human race would function at its maximum potential whilst having its lowest impact on the environment. i have been able to provide a rebuttal for every argument presented by my opponent, and even rebuttal most of his rebuttals. I believe that I have proven my argument's, where as my opponents arguments take use of speculation and personal belief. 1. http://news.yahoo.com... 2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk... 3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk... 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... 5. http://www.greatveganathletes.com... 6. http://www.standard.co.uk...