Comments on: Is it ridiculous to spare the lives of small animals? http://maria.willowrise.com/archives/humans-and-animals/ The art of Maria Hathaway Spencer Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caryn Caldwell http://maria.willowrise.com/archives/humans-and-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-7930 Caryn Caldwell Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:52:31 +0000 http://maria.willowrise.com/?p=1132#comment-7930 Wow. What really bothers me about that quote is the idea that we are better than they are, so their lives don't matter. That's exactly what leads to genocide, serial killings, euthanasia of the sick or "damaged" and so many other killings in our world. In short, that logic can be so easily applied to human beings who we see as "below" us for some reason that it's terrifying. And, anyway, who decides who is "above" and therefore worthy of life? Wow. What really bothers me about that quote is the idea that we are better than they are, so their lives don’t matter. That’s exactly what leads to genocide, serial killings, euthanasia of the sick or “damaged” and so many other killings in our world. In short, that logic can be so easily applied to human beings who we see as “below” us for some reason that it’s terrifying. And, anyway, who decides who is “above” and therefore worthy of life?

]]> By: Chas http://maria.willowrise.com/archives/humans-and-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-7485 Chas Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:32:55 +0000 http://maria.willowrise.com/?p=1132#comment-7485 Good point. The thing that differentiates us from the animal world is our knowledge that survival of the fittest is not the only way of seeing life. If we see think of survival of the fittest as the only way of seeing things, then we are no different than animals, and if we don't see things that way, then we respect all creatures, and feel a connection to all life. - Chas Good point. The thing that differentiates us from the animal world is our knowledge that survival of the fittest is not the only way of seeing life. If we see think of survival of the fittest as the only way of seeing things, then we are no different than animals, and if we don’t see things that way, then we respect all creatures, and feel a connection to all life.

- Chas

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