Originally posted by HFMudd
You may say you have sworn off trolling but the above sure seems to still have hook in it! You can't honestly be equating the quick slaughter of an animal for food with slowy roasting one alive for amusement can you?
As for animal life vs. human life, let me ask you a question, you are not even required to respond online. Just be honest at least with yourself.
Here is your question: A child you have never met or a fluffy kitten must die. It is going to be one or the other and the choice of which dies is yours. Which are you going to pick? Be quick about it now, no waffling or excuses, simply choose. Now expand that to 10 fluffy kittens or a child. Which is it going to be? Now expand that 10 fluffy kittens in exchange for a cure for a cancer that afflicts the child. See where the road leads?
In short, animals do not have rights as we understand them. Anyone who has ever owned a dog should appreciate that their world view is simply too different from ours for the term "rights" to even have meaning. WE have an ethical responsibility to treat them humainly however. Grilling a kitten alive crosses the line.
Of course I'd accept the death of TWENTY kittens, maybe even FIFTY, provided it results in a cure for cancer and the kittens are mixed breed alley cats- unfortunately most research animals are "slaughtered" (your word) for finding a better nerve gas or judging the effects of zero gravity or determining rather the latest Proctor and Gamble product causes rashes. Don't even get me started on the treatment of research animals, bud. Personally I'd rather see ten fat Conservatives sacrificed (my word) to find a cure for K-9 Parvo Disease than even one kitten sacrificed to find a cure for sexual dysfunction. See where THIS road leads?
As for animal "rights," I believe it's more about human responsibility. We are simply the stewards of Mother Earth- we are like destructive children when we march through the forests, plains and seashores, slaughtering indiscriminately as we have done for thousands of years and actually altering our landscape and our climate. Animals are a part of Mother Nature, and the reason that deer run from you instead of letting you pet them and frolic with them is because they have 20 million generations of viewing humans as predators instead of friends. Sadly, it may take 20 million more generations for the deer to truly trust us again and let us frolic freely with them like we once were able to do in ancient times.
In short, Mister Mudd, what rights do HUMANS have? The right to POLLUTE? The right to take whatever creature's life you wish because it is only ANIMAL FLESH that inspires you??? BLOODLUST??? The right to sacrifice our children's future so you may continue to kill and eat Mother Nature's sacred life forms? No, Mister Mudd, as an animal rights advocate I condemn your viewpoints concerning the valueness of animals. They aren't here to amuse us or even to sexually gratify us (in spite of what the FTBs claim) but they are here to simply eke out a living in a Man-Scarred landscape made all the worse by our pathetic presence on this Planet. In short, Mister Mudd, the sooner we are gone as a species the better, and may the next "Lords Of The Realm"- the mighty Cockroach, which will out Darwinize-us and will ultimately be the first beings to develop Hyper Space Drive and thus spread through the Universe as the True Masters of Planet Earth rather than the arrogant Mankind, who will destroy themselves over arguments over which tableclothed-sized fabric should fly over which table-clothed piece of land...and the whole time we have the answer to what ails us as a species right here in front of us..canibalism.
What better way to dispose of our enemies? What better way to deal with the 130-100 female to male birthrate in China? Eat the girls, let the boys live. I understand this is a revolting idea to some of you, but why not being able to order up a platter of baby-backed ribs and have them be REAL baby- backed ribs? What the hell, the Chinese and the Hindus drown female babies anyway, why not create a cottage industry in China and India exporting ribs to America? Give the poor a bit of money and give the animals a break, I always say. In fact I'd bet the Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage people would put a plant in China to export ground Chinese Sausage to America with no questions asked.
I'd write more but I've been sipping my dinner of Pureed Pinenuts and Cheese Cake through a straw as I type with my feet but MT, thanks for offering to nurse me back to health, but really the bung hole on my body cast needs no maintenance. Thanks anyway, tho. Oh, and Mister Mudd, HAVE sworn off trolling- unless I use a barbless hook and pratice catch and release.
, Elfie, Troll No More
