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Is Netflix's Seaspiracy film right about fishing damaging oceans?

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So why would you inflict your morality on others just because they belong to another species? With the impact of consumption by privileged people hitting the poorest and most vulnerable people the hardest, why would you inflict harm on those people by using morals that don’t help? There’s always a “can be” for everything. The question is whether you’re willing to take personal responsibility in doing something while…

> So why would you inflict your morality on others just because they belong to another species? I don't. I'm indifferent to any sort of value judgment in the matter. I simply acknowledge and accept that my biology requires the consumption of nutrients. Circle of life, and all that. Organisms are the only sufficient source of nutrients I have access to. Unless you're here to enlighten me about how to cook rocks, I don…

Cook rocks? With that sort of wording, I presume that you’re not aware of medicines or supplements or fortified foods...all of which are routinely consumed by many people around the world and most of which come from different sources, including synthetic sources or through bacterial synthesis.

Re: Is Netflix's Seaspiracy film right about fishing damaging oceans?

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i feel like every week i'm told some new thing is why we are taking down rain forests. is it for beef cattle? palm oil? vegetables? lumber?

I'm afraid this is classical FUD. (some cases of this have been proven). The truth is so obvious and bad for profits in some sector that they want us to doubt it.

so which is it? I realize I probably came off as being sarcastic but I am actually interested.
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