I am a meat eater, though I avoid red meat for health and environmental reasons. Still, the analogy made by @KarenRei resonated with me. We human beings have the unfortunate tendency of allowing ourselves to become numb to evil rather than changing our ways.
Personally, I am "pro life", in a very broad sense. Valuing human life at all stages includes addressing environmental issues, especially climate change, that have the potential to seriously threaten human life. Being "pro life" should also require one to respect animal life, so even if we do choose to eat meat, we should desire humane treatment of farm-bred animals.
This worldview is what leads me to have an oversized TSLA position (and to avoid alcohol and tobacco companies, fossil fuel companies, etc.) No, it's not okay for us to continue smoking, burning oil, etc., etc., when we know what the consequences are, and when we're in the position to choose alternatives. Sure, I may buy and sell portions of my TSLA and/or other "conscientious investments" at times, but the guiding worldview remains the same.
Now, others here will have worldviews that don't necessarily align with everything I've shared about myself. If, however, each person can seek to be more sensitive to their moral compass, and act and invest accordingly, then the world will be a better place. One thing I truly appreciate about this particular community of investors is that it seems that many people here are seeking to do just that.
Personally, I am "pro life", in a very broad sense. Valuing human life at all stages includes addressing environmental issues, especially climate change, that have the potential to seriously threaten human life. Being "pro life" should also require one to respect animal life, so even if we do choose to eat meat, we should desire humane treatment of farm-bred animals.
This worldview is what leads me to have an oversized TSLA position (and to avoid alcohol and tobacco companies, fossil fuel companies, etc.) No, it's not okay for us to continue smoking, burning oil, etc., etc., when we know what the consequences are, and when we're in the position to choose alternatives. Sure, I may buy and sell portions of my TSLA and/or other "conscientious investments" at times, but the guiding worldview remains the same.
Now, others here will have worldviews that don't necessarily align with everything I've shared about myself. If, however, each person can seek to be more sensitive to their moral compass, and act and invest accordingly, then the world will be a better place. One thing I truly appreciate about this particular community of investors is that it seems that many people here are seeking to do just that.
Don't you think that comparing meat eaters to baby eaters might be ... a tad offensive to meat eaters? Don't you think that a meat eater friend of yours trying to prepare meat-alike vegetarian food for you maybe does it not to change your mind and to offend you, but because they think both you and them would like it as a good common ground?
Don't you think that it's an entirely rational view to consider both plants and animals complex non-sentient nano-robots, just like Andrej Karpathy, Director of Tesla AI, thinks they are:
Andrej Karpathy on Twitter
"Nature stuff all around us (plants, animals, etc) are best thought of as basically super advanced alien technology. These are nanotechnology devices magically grown in ambient conditions with complex information processing. Synthetic bio is tinkering with / hijacking this tech."
Or do you really think that using complex non-sentient nano-robots as a protein source is even remotely comparable to cannibalizing sentient beings of your own species?
I have to say that despite being a vegetarian you managed to butcher that analogy into a bloody mess...