[toymin]

yes those are obviously the same, after all lions are known for running industrial-scale farms where they force millions of gazelles to procreate and then keep them in tiny cages for the entirety of their short lives so that other lions can conveniently buy prepackaged gazelle meat in a supermarket not even having to ever associate the pack of meat with a once living gazelle

[tgv]

IMO, the parent comment points out that having consciousness is not a sufficient basis for ethics, and certainly not for law.

[DangitBobby]

I disagree, it seems to deride a certain flavor of ethics. Almost an "appeal to nature" regarding whether humans should treat animals a bit nicer knowing they experience things.

[mensetmanusman]

They probably would if they could.