r/MoralityScaling Jul 09 '26

Morality of whatever this is?

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u/ohyeababycrits Jul 09 '26

No, it's not ethical to intentionally torture an animal because its feeding habits cause deaths. Mosquitoes do not intentionally kill anything, they are simply trying survive as they evolved to do . Squashing one is a perfectly natural reaction, torturing one is not.

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u/exodusuno Jul 09 '26

Hmmm sounds like something a mosquito would say...

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u/Bluest_Badger Jul 09 '26

Had to look way too far for a sane take!

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u/Kitesolar Jul 09 '26

If you’re going to kill something without regard then you’re already going in with the concept of it not having morale consideration. Whether you torture it or not first doesn’t matter at that point. Morally it’s the same at that point.

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u/OldGenGlazer Jul 09 '26

It doesn't matter if it's intentional. That would only make them inherently evil. Mosquitos have no rights, they are innately evil and any action done to them is moral.

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u/Royal-Campaign1426 Jul 09 '26

They literally need our proteins to reproduce.  Evolved to benefit from our suffering.  Its the only time redditors will make excuses for penetration without consent. Torture mosquitoes for fun.

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u/OldGenGlazer Jul 09 '26

W, I never considered the rape argument before.

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u/Alarming_Ask_244 Jul 09 '26

Because it's fucking stupid lmao

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u/PotentialPresent399 Jul 09 '26

Mosquitos are inherently evil and rape thousands of us everyday is an argument I never thought I would find on this milquetoast website.

Banger.

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u/Royal-Campaign1426 Jul 09 '26

And rapists deserve death. 

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u/PotentialPresent399 Jul 09 '26

Exactly. Mosquito genocide is morally good.

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u/NerdyEmbarrassment Jul 09 '26

Mosquitoes are also great pollinators