Veganism

Rebuttals Direct Quotation(R2):"Ffirstly, I will bring it to your attention that humans are animals. So technically, yes we are equal to animals."Protozoa are also animals, and they are single celled organisms that can't think. Pro's use of this logic is honesty stupid. Animals in the context of this is the second definition in Merriam Webster dictionary:"one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings"(1). It is ridiculous to say that animals deserve the same rights as humans, I will expand on this later.Direct Quotation(R2):"Your argument that because animals don't have rights, houses or governments they are inferior is also a failed logic. We are the ones who deprived them of their rights!"So Pro is telling me that without human intervention humans could make complex governments with a constitution, checks and balances, and a military budget. I don't even need to comment on this.Direct Quotation(R2):yes they do have houses and many of them have governments within their societies. Dogs, primates, whales, birds, ants, bees etc.Having a leader/having different leadership positions is not the same as having a government. Governments has complex legislature that passes laws. Also a house is "a building in which people live; residence for human beings."(2). Pro has confused a house and a home. A home is where something lives, and a house is a big structure that us humans build and live in.Direct Quotation(R2): Most of our crops are fed to farm animals.If everyone went Vegan the amount of crops would only decrease a small amount, because more would have to be grown to feed the vegan population.Direct Quotation(R2):"over 40% of America has a B12 deficiency, 1% are vegan. It's not a vegan problem, making your statement invalid."This is a warped logic, 0.5% of Americans are vegan(3), the numbers are small because there is simply less vegans in America. My data was comparing vegans to omnivores, it doesn't matter if there are foods that give vitamin D, the facts still show that vegans are deficient.Direct Quotation(R2):"Humans are also not omnivorous creatures. Just because we behave like omnivores does not mean that is what we are. We are herbivores!"I can concede to this, besides front facing eyes, humans show no signs of being carnivores, but this just may be the biggest reason humans are superior to animals. Humans have managed to successfully completely disregard what nature has put out for us. We have found a way to consume food that we aren't supposed too, animals don't do that. We are masters of ourselves, animals on the other hand follow what nature has put out for them.C1:Human SuperiorityA. To put it simply humans are much superior to animals.B. Humans are smarter than animals, I don't need to cite any sources to prove, you haven't seen any animals go to the moon without human help have you?C. Humans are the only organisms with a sense of morality. "Because we, as individuals, are able to draw on the collective knowledge of humanity, in a way no animal can, our individual abilities go way beyond what evolution has endowed us with. Our species is no longer constrained by our biology."(4). Another way that humans are superior to animals, we are the only beings that can make moral decisions.S1.EvolutionD. Humans can speak, due to a descended larynx.E. Humans are the only beings that walk completely upright, allowing us to use our hands as tools.F. Humans are the only organisms that wear clothing, making outside elements like dust stick to the clothing instead of us.G. Our thumbs are the only thumbs that can reach all the way across our hand to our pinky finger.H. We are the only only animals that can control fire.I. All these points prove that humans are much more superior to humans, humans are superior beings. Where we may lack, like speed and flight, we use our superior brains to develop solutions. That is what really sets us apart from our furry friends. Arguing that animals are equal to humans is very irrational. There is a reason that calling someone an "animal" is an insult.ConclusionAnimals are not equal to humans, humans are much superior. Pro gives animals too much credit, animals may not be dumb, but it is impossible that any animal could achieve what we have achieved. No animals can go over 160 mph for long distances. Animals should not have the same rights as humans, if fact they can't. Animals can't speak, so there goes right of free speech. Animals can't use guns, so there goes right to bear arms.For these reasons I urge you to vote Con.Citation1.https://www.merriam-webster.com...2.http://www.dictionary.com... 3.http://www.vegetariantimes.com... 4.https://www.psychologytoday.com...