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Originally posted by Lady Sidhe
They prey on society, and when they're caught, too bad, so sad, pay the fucking piper. They can at least make themselves useful.
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I'm not saying I don't agree with you, because it makes sense in a way. But how can we be humane to animals if we aren't humane to our own kind? Who will determine what is acceptable use of a death row inmate? If it's ok to use them for AIDS research, is it ok to test hairspray on their eyes? Kind of has a ring to it actually, but that's my baser nature coming through.
You specifically mentioned "killing their own kind." When a chimpanzee murders one of its compadres, is it then eligible for cancer research, in your view? If a weasel wipes out a henhouse in a fit of bloodlust, is that different from the chimp murder? If there's a difference, is it because one killing is interspecies? Both are murder.
If all living creatures are equal, shouldn't they be held to the same standards regarding the taking of life?
I'm not being facetious. I've just always had a problem with putting animals on a pedestal as if they are so utterly innocent and noble simply by virtue of their lack of humanity (general anti-treehugger comment not directed at Sidhe)