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Originally posted by bismarck
but not go on a rampage and kill a hundred million ants?
Originally posted by bismarck
reply to post by Aleister
Well I don'T know, some seem to suggest that they don't. So do insect feel pain or not? I guess a nervous system is required to feel pain but I know nothing of insect anatomy.
edit on 16-3-2013 by bismarck because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bismarck
but not go on a rampage and kill a hundred million ants? Not that I care much about ants, and I would never hurt a dog, but why is one state of life more precious than an other? Of course we are going to fall in the companion vs pest form of life but my question to you is : do all form of life equals another? Is my life as a reasoning self conscious human being more important than the life of an ant? I believe so, but that is from my perspective, If I was an ant I sure would not give a damn about any human being.
Originally posted by pheonix358
Because the society you live in is not enlightened.
Buddhist Monks as an example will not kill any life form. They have the view that all forms of life are equally important.
Society makes the laws via a perceived consensus of society as a whole.
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It's not immoral when they behead people in Saudi Arabia.
Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
For the same reason that it is illegal for me to torture and behead YOU... they are both immoral acts
Originally posted by Komonazmuk
reply to post by bismarck
Yet they exist and make up everything and make up things you call alive.
It really is perception. As a Wiccan
Originally posted by FollowTheWhiteRabbit
reply to post by bismarck
Well, from a biological position, ants are insects and don't have the physiology that allows them to feel pain. Dogs do. But in my opinion, killing life is killing life period, and not something we should take lightly.