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Originally Posted by steavie667
because we as humans are somehow better, or our morals allow us to, i really didn't see a point to what you were saying beyond that, could you give me a brief run-down?
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I absolutely don't think humans are better than fish. But we are different. All I suggest is that we treat similar things similarly, but that we don't assign human values to unhuman things.
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Originally Posted by stevie667
Would you allow someone to kill a hamster or a cat for fun? Where do you draw the lines?
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I'm not sure it's up to me to allow people to do anything, but probably yes. I don't see myself as being so closely related to hamsters or cats that I fear the person will suddenly turn on me because he/she can't differentiate between species. I also recognize that many hamsters and many cats die every day, often as a result of the actions of other unhuman animals, and I have no more desire to stop these actions than of the human.
Were the person to attempt to kill another person, then yes I would like to see him/her prevented from doing so.