Reply to Re: PETA KILLS ANIMALS?!?!
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Skull, what you are saying is silly and thoughtless even for a kid.
Most animals have morals and the complexity of those morals is in direct correlation with their ability to think abstractly and empathize.
Empathy and self interest are the root of all morality and altruism is largely a nonsensical myth. The reason we are generally(those of us who are sane anyway) not capable of curb stomping a defenseless puppy but do not have much problem stepping on insects is because it is far easier to anthropomorphize and therefore empathize with these animals who are much more like us. Hollywood constantly uses this fact to get us crying at movies about dogs, monkeys and so forth.
Just taking dogs as a specific example, they feel and exhibit joy, fear, concern(for you and other dogs) and they do so with much greater frequency than they exhibit hatred/aggression(which when they DO exhibit these traits is more often than not because some donkey human has 'taught' it to them via beatings/torture). Spiders, ants etc. do not exhibit these emotional qualities in a way that we humans can recognize. They do not have facial expressions, shiver with fear or cry.
Skull, it pains me to even read what you wrote above. Not because I am overly concerned with or active in 'Animal rights'(As I said I am no vegetarian or PETA fan) but because if you actually believe what you are saying here then you have all the earmarks of a sadistic, psychotic who will one day graduate from torturing defenseless puppies and kittens to killing children and NONE fo that is good.
One of the worst criminals ever to play professional football was the former QB of the Atlanta Falcons Michael Vick. Why? Because what he did was no different than kidnapping retarded or infantile human children and torturing them to death. I have heard puppies screaming in pain before and for any sane, moral person this will give you nightmares.
Again, animals ARE sentient.
Most animals have morals and the complexity of those morals is in direct correlation with their ability to think abstractly and empathize.
Empathy and self interest are the root of all morality and altruism is largely a nonsensical myth. The reason we are generally(those of us who are sane anyway) not capable of curb stomping a defenseless puppy but do not have much problem stepping on insects is because it is far easier to anthropomorphize and therefore empathize with these animals who are much more like us. Hollywood constantly uses this fact to get us crying at movies about dogs, monkeys and so forth.
Just taking dogs as a specific example, they feel and exhibit joy, fear, concern(for you and other dogs) and they do so with much greater frequency than they exhibit hatred/aggression(which when they DO exhibit these traits is more often than not because some donkey human has 'taught' it to them via beatings/torture). Spiders, ants etc. do not exhibit these emotional qualities in a way that we humans can recognize. They do not have facial expressions, shiver with fear or cry.
Skull, it pains me to even read what you wrote above. Not because I am overly concerned with or active in 'Animal rights'(As I said I am no vegetarian or PETA fan) but because if you actually believe what you are saying here then you have all the earmarks of a sadistic, psychotic who will one day graduate from torturing defenseless puppies and kittens to killing children and NONE fo that is good.
One of the worst criminals ever to play professional football was the former QB of the Atlanta Falcons Michael Vick. Why? Because what he did was no different than kidnapping retarded or infantile human children and torturing them to death. I have heard puppies screaming in pain before and for any sane, moral person this will give you nightmares.
Again, animals ARE sentient.
