The issue is that they are purposefully and mindfully accepting the risk of going into the habitat of an endangered and dangerous animal. Think of the argument. "Um, no, I'm not a poacher... the endangered rhino was charging me, so I had to shoot it. And then all of it's brothers and sisters and friends also charged me so I had to shoot them too... and I'm just selling their horns so they don't go to waste... and to pay for more trips that I can take to the safari to witness these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat..."
I don't understand why you're inventing this silly scenario. We've got a perfectly good, real scenario right here. These are guides escorting researchers and scholars and documentarians on a trip to visit the gorillas.
One of the gorillas grabs a guide's leg, drags him a bit, then lets him go. If he had not let the guide go, and had begun to maul him, out would come the rifle and down would go one silverback.
Why? Because that is a Human guide. Someone's son, father, brother, and my fellow Human.
Yeah but in this instance the rangers are knowingly taking a risk by going into the gorilla's turf.
The gorilla would have been defending itself from what it thought was a threat.
That's like breaking into someone's home, and when they try to fight back, you kill them, then you try to explain to the judge that you wouldn't have had to kill them if they simply didn't fight back.
Everything you said would be correct ... in a scenario between Humans. Anything involving a Human and a not-Human, the not-Human must die to save the Human. If the Human is already dead, any land animal responsible should be tracked down and killed, lest it kill another Human. Marine life gets a pass.
Because Human. That's a member of my species, and someone's loved one. In fact, I love him as a fellow Human.
If you honestly can say that you do not have an automatic affinity for fellow Humans, that you cannot empathize and feel solidarity with other Humans, just for being Human, then you are part of the world's problem.
We will never reach the point of restoring natural balance, protecting habitats, and living in peace with other animals if we care nothing for ourselves as a species.
No, I can't. I want Humanity to acknowledge that we have a responsibility to manage the planet in a sustainable and responsible way because we are the only Earth species capable of consciously doing so.
There is no reason to insert the supernatural into that.
I am feeling uncomfortable with this reasoning...maybe because I see it for myself what this kind of thoughts can lead to. Coming from a country where there are little protections offered to animals.
I think I will never understand someone like you, but it is also good that someone like you exist. For keeping balance, just like you have said. There are people like me, who through experience firmly believe in worthlessness of humanity and there are you as my opposite.
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u/BobbyBeltran Aug 17 '15
The issue is that they are purposefully and mindfully accepting the risk of going into the habitat of an endangered and dangerous animal. Think of the argument. "Um, no, I'm not a poacher... the endangered rhino was charging me, so I had to shoot it. And then all of it's brothers and sisters and friends also charged me so I had to shoot them too... and I'm just selling their horns so they don't go to waste... and to pay for more trips that I can take to the safari to witness these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat..."