Justifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another *unnecessary* thing... what logical fallacy is that?

SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 43 points –
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Kicking a dog when you don’t need to is unethical.

but we're not talking about kicking dogs. we're talking about producing food.

No, we're talking about producing a particular kind of food that isn't necessary. Kicking a dog isn't necessary and neither is exploiting cows for their milk and causing them and their calves suffering and ultimately killing them at young ages. Both are harmful practices which can be avoided.