I don't believe in right and wrong. I believe in behaviourism, so no, I am not a hypocrite. I hate animal cruelty instinctively, not because I believe that it is wrong.
I don't believe in right and wrong. I believe in behaviourism, so no, I am not a hypocrite. I hate animal cruelty instinctively, not because I believe that it is wrong.
Who put that limitation on our rights if I may ask? Who the hell gave us rights to begin with? Rights can get to **** to be absolutely honest.
I hate the word 'should' (and its equivalents), it reeks of normative ethics.
I never said I had a right to do anything, I was commenting on what I'd be okay with doing myself, personally. Just a comment more so intended to display my visceral hatred for those who inflict harm on animals than to say what's proper.
And no, I personally wouldn't have a problem inflicting harm on someone who violently killed or tortured an animal, trust me. Does that make me a candidate for the next 'Hey you're a nice guy' award? No, but, I don't want the damn award.
If the person apologized and really saw the wrong of their ways I wouldn't do it though, I'm reasonable. If the person realized what they had done and genuinely felt the weight of their actions, that would be sufficient for me. But the truth is most people see animals as lower than humans, less deserving, inferior, part of the background, etc. It's part of the reason this planet is going down the shllter.
I don't believe there is any hypocrisy in what I've said, I'm talking about inflicting harm on the guilty to protect/avenge the innocent. There's a different principle (if you can call it that) at work. You're saying that the hypocrisy stems from demanding compassion without showing it but I'm not demanding it and taking it away from the same two parties. One is clearly innocent, one is guilty.
If I said I was against violence period, then inflicted harm on someone who had tortured an animal, THEN I'd be a hypocrite.
Society put limitations on our rights. Whether you like them or not, many of them serve to benefit us. Do you also hate human cruelty instinctively? I don't think we are that dissimilar in our view of morals and "normative ethics." I'd be interested to discuss this further with you, perhaps in another thread or through private messages.
And no, I personally wouldn't have a problem inflicting harm on someone who violently killed or tortured an animal, trust me. Does that make me a candidate for the next 'Hey you're a nice guy' award? No, but, I don't want the damn award..
No, but it would make you a candidate for a life sentence.
Ok, so you are essentially saying that humans and animals should be judged the same? How is it you are so certain that the animal was innocent? Animals to horrid things to other animals all the time. By your logic.. could it be that the animal was getting exactly what it deserved? Or unless you believe that no animal would deserve that.. because they are not capable of comprehending their actions, or just acting on instinct.... and that is kind of funny.. cuz it would be putting them down on a lesser scale than humans if you were to say that. So would you say that there are some animals who would deserve that treatment based on what they did other animals.. or humans? If you answer is no, no animal deserves that no matter what they have done.. then that would make you a hypocrite I suppose.
If you believe that, it is fine, but if you were to do that to her and I was the judge.. i would still give you a life sentence... and maybe put you up for parole in 40 years or so.
Society never put any limitations on our rights. We never had rights to begin with. What society did was create prescriptive laws, laws that prescribe a certain reactions to actions and omissions. They do benefit us, it would be foolish to argue otherwise, but they are not rights, merely prescriptive laws.
Well explained.I never said I had a right to do anything, I was commenting on what I'd be okay with doing myself, personally. Just a comment more so intended to display my visceral hatred for those who inflict harm on animals than to say what's proper.
And no, I personally wouldn't have a problem inflicting harm on someone who violently killed or tortured an animal, trust me. Does that make me a candidate for the next 'Hey you're a nice guy' award? No, but, I don't want the damn award.
If the person apologized and really saw the wrong of their ways I wouldn't do it though, I'm reasonable. If the person realized what they had done and genuinely felt the weight of their actions, that would be sufficient for me. But the truth is most people see animals as lower than humans, less deserving, inferior, part of the background, etc. It's part of the reason this planet is going down the shllter.
I don't believe there is any hypocrisy in what I've said, I'm talking about inflicting harm on the guilty to protect/avenge the innocent. There's a different principle (if you can call it that) at work. You're saying that the hypocrisy stems from demanding compassion without showing it but I'm not demanding it and taking it away from the same two parties. One is clearly innocent, one is guilty.
If I said I was against violence period, then inflicted harm on someone who had tortured an animal, THEN I'd be a hypocrite.
But they usually (Orca, Cats etc) have no knowledge of how the other animals feel about things - like pain etc; man does.First, animals do not always harm other animals just for survival. Watch more National Geographic.
Ok, so you are essentially saying that humans and animals should be judged the same? How is it you are so certain that the animal was innocent? Animals do horrid things to other animals all the time. By your logic.. could it be that the animal was getting exactly what it deserved? Or unless you believe that no animal would deserve that.. because they are not capable of comprehending their actions, or just acting on instinct.... and that is kind of funny.. cuz it would be putting them down on a lesser scale than humans if you were to say that. So would you say that there are some animals who would deserve that treatment based on what they did other animals.. or humans? If you answer is no, no animal deserves that no matter what they have done.. then that would make you a hypocrite I suppose.
Fact is: People KNOW other animals feel pain, what it feels like, and can relate to it.
Other animals generally can't.
That is what makes a human guilty.
So why shouldn't a human be shown how it feels, if they're supposedly "superior"??
My point was that humans are in fact superior, so to say it would be just for him to get away with murdering that girl because she crushed a rabbit, is completely absurd.
And so you are saying that if we are superior, the superior thing to do would be to subject that girl to a barbaric and gruesome death? Yeah.......ok.
You can go ahead and think of yourself as equal to the animals, but i would still be throwing you and anybody who would murder somebody for killing an animal in jail for the rest of their life.
How can you both detest and adore something?
Oh, come on. Are you going to stop your assailant and interview him as to his motives? If his motive is "good," in this "instinctive" value system or yours, you'll just lay down and submit?
BINGO! We have a winner!
Some of you make the mistake of trying to rationally defend your emotional reactions. E.g.:
"I don't believe there is any hypocrisy in what I've said, I'm talking about inflicting harm on the guilty to protect/avenge the innocent. There's a different principle (if you can call it that) at work. You're saying that the hypocrisy stems from demanding compassion without showing it but I'm not demanding it and taking it away from the same two parties. One is clearly innocent, one is guilty."
So how do you know that the cat that was crushed by a human was "innocent"? Maybe that cat had just tortured a mouse, and is "guilty" too. So, by your own value system, the guy crushing the cat was punishing the guilty -- just as you hope to punish him for being guilty.
You're completely wrong. There is plenty of hypocrisy in what you've posted.
You guys are real racists. Who's care she is Chinese or Japanese, her animal cruelty show has make a stir on this forum. She needs immediate psychiatry treatment.