A. Nature. Higher self—Conscience.
Q. Do you not kill insects when you drink water; and do you not cripple and trample harmless bugs to death with every step you take?
A. Yes, but involuntarily and not with premeditation and not selfishly to satisfy an inhuman desire or appetite.
Q. Would you "swat" a fly or kill a flea or a snake?
A. If a pest or venomous reptile disturbed my peace and quiet I would be justified in protecting myself.
Q. Is not the survival of the fittest a natural law; consequently being superior I may slay and eat?
A. That's your idea because the "fittest" is yourself—in your own estimation and power; but there's no godliness in such a contention. It is your selfish conclusion that might is right at the expense of sentient life.
Q. Do I not work hard and do I not know that I need meat to sustain me in my manual labor? Do I not know what my system needs.
A. Your system does not require food which must come from a murdered animal! When you contend that you must subsist on flesh, you know not whereof you speak. You are talking to uphold your inhuman appetite.
Q. Where would medical research be were it not for vivisection (torture) and killing animals for experiment in the interest of science?