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they can be housebroken, though.
Then they're no longer a puppy but a dog.
Besides, cows can be housebroken. https://www.cnet.com/science/scientists-show-cows-can-be-potty-trained-just-like-your-favorite-pets/
There's also pigs. Pot bellied pigs were a popular pet a few years ago.
so I guess there is no difference at all. I can take em to the dog park and watch em run and tussle and play fetch...
it's clear they are different, and saying they're not is just a lie.
I mean, I'm not a vegan, but yes, you literally can. Pigs are generally regarded as intelligent creatures in the same vein as dogs.
What animals we eat and which we don't is a purely cultural affectation. There's nothing wrong with a cultural affectation, but there's not a fundamental difference between what creatures it's okay to eat and which it is not okay to eat.
even among animals we eat, there are clearly differences. denying this doesn't serve anyone.
In parts of Africa, monkeys are eaten. In parts of Asia, dog is eaten.
Cat is generally not eaten in most cultures outside of spiritual and crisis contexts because it's stringy, apparently.
Our tradition of not eating certain animals is just that - tradition. It's not anything deeper, and certainly not universal.
this has nothing to do with whether there is a difference between dogs and cows, which there clearly is.
this appears to be an appeal to ridicule.
Your point about being housebroken was shown to be wrong. Your point about fetch was shown to be wrong. No one is saying a cow is a dog. You are being deliberately obtuse to avoid the unpleasant idea that cows are just as sentient and loving as many dogs (most dog breeds are smarter than cows but some breeds are stupid). But for cultural reasons we don't eat dogs.
I'm not vegan either but I recognize the horror.
so you know they are not the same
They are the same in the ways that are relevant to this argument. Some dogs aren't housebroken. Some dogs you can't play fetch with. Do you eat those dogs?
i didnt suggest eating any animal is ok. I'm pointing out that is simply untrue to claim there isn't a lick of difference between cows and dogs
There's a difference between different dogs too. You write like all dogs are the same. Again not all dogs play fetch or are housebroken.
this doesn't change whether dogs are different from cows
Your argument wasn't that cows are different than dogs but that you could play fetch with them.
Stop ignoring the actual argument.
that's all i've been arguing this whole time.
The differences that everyone has already acknowledged that exist between a dog and a cow isn't relevant to this particular argument.
I've already said a cow isn't a dog. You keep repeating an argument no one is making.
The argument is about the ways in which a cow is similar to a dog.
if there is more than a lick of difference, and you can admit that, then there is no further discussion.
The differences being discussed are what makes one animal food.
Again absolutely no one has said a cow is a dog.
That's a strawman you prop up because you thought cows were practically vegetables. Then I showed you that they can be house trained and play fetch.
You were wrong.
picks up goal post and moves it still sounds like a dumbass
surely you are referring to the people who no longer want to defend dogs and cows not having a lick of difference
For sure. You have remained intellectually honest throughout. 100% 🥱
https://youtu.be/Sx-CxuAeVPo
this doesn't change the fact that dogs and cows are different