Would you buy someone dog meat?
I went to dinner with a friend 2 or 3 years ago. We went to a regional fast-food burger establishment that is fantastic. At that time I was a lazy vegan, so i would cheat often. This place had grilled cheese but no other vegetarian options. I wanted a fish sandwhich. But my friend was buying and she said she wouldn't spend her money on meat.
So I got a grilled cheese. It was good. I was a little annoyed but understood. And I talked to another friend about it who thought it was pretty ridiculous.
I've been thinking about that recently because I'm a committed vegan now. And recently my niece and nephew were in town and they had a coupon for free ice cream from a different burger establishment. My mom asked if I would go get it for them, and I declined for vegan reasons. This was something I felt conflicted about, especially since they got the ice cream anyway & so the impact on the world was functionally the same.
But then I've wondered recently about the title of this post.
If you took your friend out for burgers. And it were available ... and your friend tried to order a dog-meat burger instead of a cow-meat burger ... how would you feel about it?
Would you pay for it, because it is a "personal" choice what they eat? Would you refuse because of how you feel about pet-animals?