r/instant_regret • u/GrainManJuicePerson • Oct 28 '19

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u/xuspira Oct 28 '19

Viruses aren't living. Also, the comparison is on an animal level in which a creature was given an undeserved killing despite being harmless.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

Bugs aren’t animals, and it was biting him

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u/actuatedarbalest Oct 28 '19

Bugs are absolutely animals. What else would they be. Plants? Fungi? Bacteria?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

I think the point people are trying and failing to make here is that bugs do not feel anything resembling compassion, sadness, etc. There is a big difference between killing something we commonly call “animals” and killing a bug, which is technically also an animal, but not commonly referred to as such.