Why YSK: The term “Genuine Leather” is a marketing term to sell the lowest quality leather possible.

When purchasing a leather product, look for full grain leather or top grain leather instead. These will provide a much higher quality cut of leather that will look and feel much better and last for much longer.

  • @gloriousspearfish
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    41 year ago

    Justification: I like to eat cows, they taste good. Might as well use the skin when the animal is killed anyway. Also leather is a really good material for a lot of things.

    • @nattekrant@feddit.nl
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      41 year ago

      I love meat, I like a good leather jacket. I want a world where we take good care of our animals, take no more than we need and then use the entire animal as efficiently as possible. Reality however is a lot more cruel and wasteful. It is everyone’s personal choice but I chose to stop purchasing cow and pig products.

      • Nora
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        21 year ago

        You don’t need leather or meat. You are taking more than you need. You should really watch dominion so you can see that you absolutely don’t take good care of the animals. A personal choice does not inflict harm on others. We should aim to minimize cruelty and wastefulness.

    • Nora
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      01 year ago

      How is that a justification? You wouldn’t use that logic on humans.

      • @gloriousspearfish
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        11 year ago

        It really is as simple as that. No I would not use that logic on humans. But cows are not humans.

        • Nora
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          11 year ago

          Explain why you wouldn’t. What trait is it that humans have that makes it morally different in this case? Both cows and humans have the capacity to feel and suffer, and want to live.

          • @gloriousspearfish
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            11 year ago

            Interesting question. I don’t see any moral issues with eating animals. But somehow I would not like to eat humans. But why, is indeed a good question.

            I could argue that it is illegal but that is not really a moral reason. I guess at the core of it, it just feels wrong to do. Why that is could perhaps be answered by it being an evolutionary advantage that humans feels that way.

            But in the end I would also eat a human if it was a matter of survival. I just hope that never happens.