Chinese county slaughters 50,000 Dogs.
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His question does hold some ground ^, why is it ik to kill animals to prevent an infectious disease but not humans with an infectious disease?
The difference is, we can kill animals and get away wtih it...*in this context* from a legal point of view... and usually, we have no problem morally. The universe is unbelievably huge....there can be life out there that is alot more advanced than us.. so it ok for them to take us and treat us like we treat animals? Just some diet soda for thought.
The difference is, we can kill animals and get away wtih it...*in this context* from a legal point of view... and usually, we have no problem morally. The universe is unbelievably huge....there can be life out there that is alot more advanced than us.. so it ok for them to take us and treat us like we treat animals? Just some diet soda for thought.
I'd never blame someone for choosing human life over animal life but to act as if it's perfectly okay because they're "just animals"? It just shows that some people aren't even worth killing a fly over.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by how they treat their animals." - Gandhi
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by how they treat their animals." - Gandhi
Oh ok.
Every time a thread is made about animals suffering or being killed you'll get people who say "it's just a ..., who cares?". It's this kind of nonchalance that allows animals to be treated this way and it pisses me off. Sometimes it's a necessity to kill animals but they're still living beings and should be treated with some degree of respect.
If you're looking to preserve humanity maybe you should start by giving a fuck about the suffering of a living being period. That might help a little with people being massacred.
Every time a thread is made about animals suffering or being killed you'll get people who say "it's just a ..., who cares?". It's this kind of nonchalance that allows animals to be treated this way and it pisses me off. Sometimes it's a necessity to kill animals but they're still living beings and should be treated with some degree of respect.
If you're looking to preserve humanity maybe you should start by giving a fuck about the suffering of a living being period. That might help a little with people being massacred.
. at least put them to sleep in a peaceful and more painless manner. dont beat their heads in until you can hear an echo from the dent thats left on their headexactly. there might be some life out there thats got better technology and 3 brains. should they kill us because were wasting space and a planet with our cars that are slowly killing the planet, and have nuclear weapons capable of destroying earth? hell we are threats to ourselves, but would it still be fair to get destroyed by that species?
This is good too. The fact the human species does things like this is why there are PEOPLE being massacred also, it's one in the same thing really.
Truthfully both sides are right, it's just where you stand on the matter. You can look at the situation with your Brain or your Heart.
Your Heart: Who are we to slaughter 50,000 dogs because of 3 reports of rabies. The fact we do things like this is proof we are creatures of power and evil. We see ourselves as gods to the rest of the animal kingdom therefore feel we have the right to kill them at will.
Your Brain: Will the death of 50,000 dogs help China progress? Yes. Infact the death of 50,000 HUMANS would help China progress even more so. The truth is when there is poverty and over population wiping out large amounts of creatures (whether it's dogs, rats, or people...the death of people helping the most since we take up the most resources) it lets the world breathe. Dogs are NOWHERE NEAR extinction...people are NOWHERE NEAR extinction and both have the ability to infinitely recreate...So really...mass death's in the world we live in today is kind of a good thing, not bad.
The fact we beat them with sticks is proof we are creatures of evil though
Truthfully both sides are right, it's just where you stand on the matter. You can look at the situation with your Brain or your Heart.
Your Heart: Who are we to slaughter 50,000 dogs because of 3 reports of rabies. The fact we do things like this is proof we are creatures of power and evil. We see ourselves as gods to the rest of the animal kingdom therefore feel we have the right to kill them at will.
Your Brain: Will the death of 50,000 dogs help China progress? Yes. Infact the death of 50,000 HUMANS would help China progress even more so. The truth is when there is poverty and over population wiping out large amounts of creatures (whether it's dogs, rats, or people...the death of people helping the most since we take up the most resources) it lets the world breathe. Dogs are NOWHERE NEAR extinction...people are NOWHERE NEAR extinction and both have the ability to infinitely recreate...So really...mass death's in the world we live in today is kind of a good thing, not bad.
The fact we beat them with sticks is proof we are creatures of evil though
This asks the greater question of why are humans more important than animals? Do animals have the same level of emotional attatchement as humans. Many Americans do, but animals are only existant on one front a bestial nature. Humans have the bestial nature but also a spiritual and emotional nature. It is these two fronts that complicates us much more than any animal. Why do we smoke knowing it harms us? Any animal in the world would never knowingly hars itself! that is proof of a complexity in humans over and beyond any animal. It is due to spiritual and emotional pain that loved ones will feel of someone who was terminated! If a nameless and unloved person was secretly terminated would it be any difference to a dog being terminated, no!
On top of this, it opens up the question of ultimate accountability to a divine authority.
We're not 'getting away with it'. there are reasons for this excericse this wasn't done because some arsehole wanted to use his new found authoirty. Why should there be a problem morally? It was done to save the lives of people and what about the moral of having starving people yet fed dogs. These are domesticated pets who morally should be out in the wild, not in a family evironment for the companionship of a selfish person.
And if there was life out there as advanced as us, then that would mean they would be more compassionate than us, it is these aspects about humans which makes us so complex and 'advanced'
On top of this, it opens up the question of ultimate accountability to a divine authority.
We're not 'getting away with it'. there are reasons for this excericse this wasn't done because some arsehole wanted to use his new found authoirty. Why should there be a problem morally? It was done to save the lives of people and what about the moral of having starving people yet fed dogs. These are domesticated pets who morally should be out in the wild, not in a family evironment for the companionship of a selfish person.
And if there was life out there as advanced as us, then that would mean they would be more compassionate than us, it is these aspects about humans which makes us so complex and 'advanced'
lives of people > lives of animals
Did animals discover a "new world"? Did animals build New York City? Did animals create democracy? No, so until Lassie goes on a hunger strike to stop the persecution of collies everywhere, animals have no rights at a human's expense.
Why are we more important than animals? Because we're smarter. If dogs could have progressed like we have, it would be them clubbing us to death. No other known being has exhibited the intellectual power that we have. Dogs don't even know they're being "slaughtered." All they know is about themselves individually.
Animal have rights they have because we let them. They don't know to fight for them or preserve them. Hell, they can't even comprehend a special heirarchy.
When 2,000 of your people die a year from a disease, you stop that disease. I don't agree with the methods and the clubbing, but I agree with cause.
Did animals discover a "new world"? Did animals build New York City? Did animals create democracy? No, so until Lassie goes on a hunger strike to stop the persecution of collies everywhere, animals have no rights at a human's expense.
Why are we more important than animals? Because we're smarter. If dogs could have progressed like we have, it would be them clubbing us to death. No other known being has exhibited the intellectual power that we have. Dogs don't even know they're being "slaughtered." All they know is about themselves individually.
Animal have rights they have because we let them. They don't know to fight for them or preserve them. Hell, they can't even comprehend a special heirarchy.
When 2,000 of your people die a year from a disease, you stop that disease. I don't agree with the methods and the clubbing, but I agree with cause.