Stardate: 41249.3
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Addressing the issue of animal enslavement in 41249.3- err, 1987.
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The USS Enterprise is en route to the neutral world of Parliament with delegates from two warring planets, the Selay and the Antican, when Riker is called to discuss a disagreement about the food requirements of the Antican delegates:
Riker: “We no longer enslave animals for food purposes.”
Antican: “But we have seen humans eat meat.”
Riker: “You’ve seen something as fresh and tasty as meat but inorganically materialized out of patterns used by our transporters”
Antican: “Sickening. Barbaric.”
[incredulous look]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Lonely Among Us S1 E8, 1987