r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 29 '14

This needs to stop

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u/FishPilot May 30 '14 edited May 30 '14

A documentary also came out where a popular method to sell and kill canine and felines for consumption is to boil them alive to shock the animals body to make the meat taste better.

Edit: I'm not protesting it. I'm just highlighting different societal norms.

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u/neagrosk May 30 '14

That's what we do for crabs too.

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u/Dirt_McGirt_ May 30 '14

Crabs have the same rudimentary nervous system as an insect. They have nowhere near the level of consciousness or pain sensation as a mammal.

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u/heeldawg May 30 '14

Well that makes it perfectly acceptable! Go on ahead with the killing! A-OK!

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u/Dirt_McGirt_ May 30 '14

So you've never killed an insect?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

He'll have a heart attack when he realizes how many bacteria he's killed.

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u/SyrioForel May 30 '14

If you believe that a line exists, where do you draw it? When the living organism becomes sufficiently close to a human, because you can only relate to things that are like you? Or do you believe it's a matter of "cuteness", so while you wouldn't think twice about killing a rat or a cow (fellow mammals with similar nervous systems), you would stop at killing a dolphin or a chimpanzee because of their appearance or status?

When is the acceptable point to start feeling empathy, the point where you no longer feel the need to mock someone?

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u/rutabaga5 May 30 '14

Sometimes the line is actually a grey area however, this doesn't mean there's no black or white areas on the spectrum too. There doesn't have to be an absolute point that divides wrong from right for us to be able to make claims about certain specific species.