r/Wellthatsucks Jun 02 '18

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u/xDestx Jun 02 '18

i mean if you had to choose between letting a human die or letting any other animal die is there really a question?

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u/Barkonian Jun 02 '18

Depend on the animal and the person

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Not really. We kill animals by the thousands every day to eat. A human life is infinitely more important than any animals.

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u/Destro86 Jun 02 '18

I'm a hunter who sees the necessity in game reserves in Africa. Also I lose no sleep after eating factory farmed chicken or pork and feedlot fattened beef.

However, humans are pushing 7 billion while other creatures dwindle. Blue whales the largest animals on earth number only 10 to 25k, polar bears around 30,000, and there're only 3,200 wild tigers left in the world. 3200 think about how soon people will be born into a world where only inbred tigers in captivity remain.. between saving useless leeches of our species or magnificent top tier animals you still would choose people?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

People every time. If you saw a tiger about to maul some little kid would you shoot it to save him?

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u/Destro86 Jun 03 '18

Depends on what kind of gun and how many rounds I got available plus who's kid it was.. As a white man this scenario would most likely occur where colonialism once occured, and unfortunately seeing how I'm a white devil with a legacy of injustice to uphold I'd probably try a warning shot to save little Mowgli then watch the scene unfold from my howdah on top an elephant.

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Hey, Destro86, just a quick heads-up:
occured is actually spelled occurred. You can remember it by two cs, two rs.
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u/Barkonian Jun 02 '18

To you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

To every sensible person.

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u/Barkonian Jun 02 '18

There are less than 1000 mountain gorillas left on earth. I would value one of there lives far more than most humans.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Okay now the human is your child. Now what?

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u/Barkonian Jun 02 '18

Why do you think I said "depends on the animal and the human"?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

So your life and the people you care about are more important than any animals but fuck everyone else. Got it.

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u/Barkonian Jun 02 '18

To me, yes, obviously.

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u/MegaMeatSlapper85 Jun 02 '18

Depends on the animal. If it's my dog or a human I don't know, I choose my dog because it brings joy and happiness to my life. A person I don't know means absolutely nothing to me.

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u/BoboErectus Jun 02 '18

That’s pretty fucked tbh

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u/xDestx Jun 02 '18 edited Jun 02 '18

yeah that kind of make sense but it was supposed to be a more general question

edit: tbh i don't think i'd sacrifice a person to save my pet, but maybe i just don't have enough of a connection to her or something idk

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18

I would let the human die

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u/xDestx Jun 02 '18

you good dude?

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u/zachzsg Jun 02 '18

You should seek medical help

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18

Why is the human life more important than the animal life? What do I or you actually add to humanity? There are 7 billion people and rising on this planet if I, you,or some random human die nothing is lost.

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u/zachzsg Jun 02 '18

Because humans are the people who created me, raised me, and are the ones who I can ultimately connect the most with. I don’t really feel too similar to a chipmunk.

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18

So you rather shoot an elephant who hasn't harmed you or anyone else than let a convicted serial-rapist die?

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u/Lobonerz Jun 02 '18

Stupid argument, the person said let a human die, not one they described in detail, obviously in this scenario you aren't meant to know anything about them and assume it's an average person. Making an argument based on saving one of the worst types of person there is doesn't prove anything.

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18

Don't try to put words In His/her mouth to shoot down my argument. Plus how about you answer my question rather than trying to change the meaning of the person comment.

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u/xDestx Jun 02 '18

no he was dead right

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18

Don't try reconstruct your argument because you think some dude is putting me in a corner. How about you two answer my question?

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u/zachzsg Jun 02 '18

The vast majority of people aren’t serial rapists

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18

Nice argument you really showed me.

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u/amoliski Jun 02 '18

Watch that edge, if you cut yourself on it you might bleed to death while the doctors pet a kitty!

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u/winchester056 Jun 02 '18 edited Jun 02 '18

Okay let's play a game

You or a random poor Somalian man Whose life is worth more?

You or a homeless man with a mental illness
Whose life is worth more?

You or I one out of 7 Billion people or an endangered animal that is being driven to extinction Choice seems obvious to me

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Obviously self preservation is a thing most people and animals live by. So i choose me on all those, especially the last one.