posted on Dec, 12 2008 @ 03:18 PM
(mods- I'm not sure if this is where this thread should be, or even if ats is necessarily the forum for this so if not please delete and/or move, and
accept my apologies, i put it in here as i guess the topic is how fragile life is here on earth, but maybe someone more knowledgable about the site
will know of a better spot here on ats for this )
my parents house has had mice for a while now
frustrated with always having them around my parents knowing that mice can cause health problems for the elderly, i knew i needed to do something to
get rid of them, the exterminators didnt work, neither did the poison pellets
seemed to be living with a family of mice for at least 2 years now, they never really bothered us, i would just hear them running through the walls
every night and every now and then one would sneak up on me then show itself to me and run away scaring the crap out of me (lol)
i wouldnt get scared because they themselves scare me, but its like the way you get scared when someone sneaks up and says boo, you just get that
frustrated jump because you dont expect it, then next thing you know somethings right there next to you
i knew i had to put some traps out and get rid of these mice, so i did just that, put peanut butter on a trap and set it right near where he just
snuck up on me
a few minutes later i heard the snap of the trap, i went to look, the mouse was under the trap as the trap flipped over and the mouse was caught with
his head in the trap and his little hind legs kicked and writhing in pain out from under the trap on top of him
ive never been very aware of life and death when "killing", bugs can be stepped on and squashed and a 2nd thought isnt given to the situation, and
you think of exterminators and stuff and it doesnt even phase you and me
then you see on tv or hear from someone about the people who cant use mouse traps because its inhumane, and you hear about the people who think we
should just catch these types of things in live traps and let them go, and most people just think theyre crazy and oversensitive
i myself even thought they were crazy and just blowing the situation way out of proportion
but when that mouse trap snapped and i saw it in such pain, after seeing it just running around mere minutes ago,something in me just clicked and i
felt such sorrow and remorse, it felt as if i killed a human almost and i seemed almost shocked, i couldnt imagine why i was feeling this way over a
mouse, but in my mind i just look at it as its not just a mouse, its a form of life that was taken away from this earth by the means of another beings
decision, it seems like it makes life seem cheap
why as humans do we feel this sense of entitlement to kill and end other beings, even when it comes to something lower on the food chain like a
mouse
how do you think we developed or evolved this way and what would it take to evolve humanity as a whole to have such respect for life
i mean how can we as humanity achieve enlightenment and do good when we have such a disrespect for life as we do
it makes me think back to native american ritual and many other beliefs where none of the killed animal would go to waste and they would pray for the
death and soul of the animal, how do you think we lost such touch with reality, and what made others evolve while others held that respect
just would like to hear some opinions on the matter of life/death in respect to other beings here on earth