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 Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:05 pm
I just crushed a mosquito on the wall. Blood came out. So I knew it just took it from someone in the house.
When I squashed it, I only did so partially. It was still alive, and suffering. Every time I kill a mosquito, which, in itself, is a rare event, I feel guilty. Why?
Something in me just doesn't want to make me destroy life. ( eek I hear the chipmunks... they're in the walls...) In fact, there is a family of chipmunks that is trying to make a hideaway in this house. We can't kill them, so what do we do? There doesn't seem to be a way to peacefully drive them out...
But about the mosquito: How do you feel when you kill something small, like an insect? I don't like it at all; it doesn't leave me feeling comfortable. I ended up flushing it, by the way.
Animals don't deserve to die at our convenience, even if they're small and bothersome. Do you think there are bigger consequences to killing or destroying the environment of animals, or their life?
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:29 am
It's a disturbing thought. Why do we feel a need to kill these insects in the first place? All they do is sit on the wall and be ugly. Though, I have squashed my share of ants and spiders in the past. I remember feeling the terrible pleasure of squishing an ant as a child, taking in the joy and superiority of the killing.
Now I feel guilty about it.
About your question, it depends. Sometimes the consequences are horrible.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:41 am
I guess it would all depend what your morals are. Is it immoral to kill an animal for food if you're starving? I think it's immoral to senselessly kill animals for no need other than immediate nurishment. Yet i'm agains hunting for pleasure. Trying to bag the biggest buck. That's just senseless. If we have to kill something to live, it shouldnt be pleasurable. I think we've lost that somewhere. So much for us hunting the slow, weak, and old either. What with high powered rifles these days.
As for insects, I always feel bad when i crush a spider or a bug. But not misquitos or ticks. I just say that's self defense. By killing them, I'm protecting myself from pest carried viruses. So in that way, it's moral for me. Otherwise, if a spider is sitting in the corner, i'll leave him alone. if a beetle or spider is in the house, i'll try to take it outside. I wont go outside looking for ants to crush.
Tho I will sometimes take ants and throw them in spider webs. is that immoral?
And last, some people think it's moral to kill other people for the sake of peace, but for me that defeates the purpose. I dont think any person should have the right to take the life of someone with thoughts of their own. What do you think? Is it ever right to kill another person?
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:06 am
:// Ironic Demise ://
Killing shouldn't be allowed.
Even though no-one can track the actions of every individual, I still think it's wrong.
We (As in civilisation) get in trouble for killing another human, so we should it be any different for animals, no matter how small?
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:12 pm
I don't know any ethics that would allow killing. It's a common ethic sense - if killing would be allowed then everything would be. But why is that? I think it's natural, people don't kill each other for no reason, like animals.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:22 pm
murder is, unfortunately, a part of life. Everything you do effects someone else and you have no means of telling what bodes ill and what fairs well for others. There is a natural balance that must be upheld there is no good and evil in a state of balance. perhaps it is something more. yes, life is precious, but the balance will be upheld regardless of human interference. let me clearify: i DO NOT condone murder. i believe that murder should be a logical decision in which the murder of one would save the lives of others. however. this CANNOT conflict with the state of balance, because human action only helps maintain said balance.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:23 am
I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general.
But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport.
As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one.
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:06 pm
Ironic Demise :// Ironic Demise ://Killing shouldn't be allowed.
Even though no-one can track the actions of every individual, I still think it's wrong.
We (As in civilization) get in trouble for killing another human, so we should it be any different for animals, no matter how small? a foolish and childish stand on a needed part of life - before you condemn all flesh eating creature for their way of life - consider what would happen if they stoped maintaining the balance. rivers would run dry and eventual extinction would be guaranteed. Murder is just a pretty word for a brutal nature that we humans believe ourselves to be above - when in reality - we are no different from any "blood thirsty animal."
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:32 pm
Shadows-shine I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general. But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport. As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one. i dont think killing insects is right think about it you could just have easily been born that insect would you like it
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:49 am
dl1371 Shadows-shine I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general. But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport. As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one. i dont think killing insects is right think about it you could just have easily been born that insect would you like it Maybe, but if I got killed there'd be nothing I could do about it. But I don't look at insects and animals on the same level that I look at human beings.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:38 am
Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general. But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport. As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one. i dont think killing insects is right think about it you could just have easily been born that insect would you like it Maybe, but if I got killed there'd be nothing I could do about it. But I don't look at insects and animals on the same level that I look at human beings. why dont you they're living creatures aren't they would you kill a human for no reason but that the person you killed was annoying
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:43 pm
dl1371 Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general. But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport. As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one. i dont think killing insects is right think about it you could just have easily been born that insect would you like it Maybe, but if I got killed there'd be nothing I could do about it. But I don't look at insects and animals on the same level that I look at human beings. why dont you they're living creatures aren't they would you kill a human for no reason but that the person you killed was annoying Because I believe humans have a higher intelligence level and therefore have dominion over all animals Of course they are living beings. No I wouldn't kill a human for no reason
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:05 pm
Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general. But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport. As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one. i dont think killing insects is right think about it you could just have easily been born that insect would you like it Maybe, but if I got killed there'd be nothing I could do about it. But I don't look at insects and animals on the same level that I look at human beings. why dont you they're living creatures aren't they would you kill a human for no reason but that the person you killed was annoying Because I believe humans have a higher intelligence level and therefore have dominion over all animals Of course they are living beings. No I wouldn't kill a human for no reason so you believe that humans are more priveleged than animals just because we have "society" actually i think animals are smarter they never get in wars with their own species
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:27 pm
dl1371 Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine I don't see a problem with killing insects or spiders, bugs in general. But I don't agree with the fact of killing animals, unless it is necessary to use them for food. I hate killing for fun or for sport. As for killing people, I think murder is bad and wrong. About the death penalty...I'm not really sure what my stance is on that one. i dont think killing insects is right think about it you could just have easily been born that insect would you like it Maybe, but if I got killed there'd be nothing I could do about it. But I don't look at insects and animals on the same level that I look at human beings. why dont you they're living creatures aren't they would you kill a human for no reason but that the person you killed was annoying Because I believe humans have a higher intelligence level and therefore have dominion over all animals Of course they are living beings. No I wouldn't kill a human for no reason so you believe that humans are more priveleged than animals just because we have "society" actually i think animals are smarter they never get in wars with their own species Animals rely solely on instinct. Human's rely on emotion and logic. Both can be equally smart and both can be equally dumb. I just don't put animals on the same level as humans.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:31 pm
Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine dl1371 Shadows-shine Maybe, but if I got killed there'd be nothing I could do about it. But I don't look at insects and animals on the same level that I look at human beings. why dont you they're living creatures aren't they would you kill a human for no reason but that the person you killed was annoying Because I believe humans have a higher intelligence level and therefore have dominion over all animals Of course they are living beings. No I wouldn't kill a human for no reason so you believe that humans are more priveleged than animals just because we have "society" actually i think animals are smarter they never get in wars with their own species Animals rely solely on instinct. Human's rely on emotion and logic. Both can be equally smart and both can be equally dumb. I just don't put animals on the same level as humans. i guess it all comes down to what you believe in i believe that like you say animals use instinct and humans use logic i just think that its not fair to crush something that you could have been born but if you feel its okay then thats your choice (i believe humans think instinctively too, if we all thought logically the world would be in chaos, instinct is to follow a leader, logic is to be your own leader)
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