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Topic	I absolutely HATE the pet worshipping culture
LinkPizza 11/04/19 3:00:02 PM #263:	ledbowman posted... LinkPizza posted... PIITB415 posted... StealthRock posted... MarqueeSeries posted... Dragonblade01 posted... Humans have applied personhood to their pets for a long time. Someone valuing their wellbeing over a stranger's shouldn't be hard to understand. You don't have to think the same way, because to whom and how people give personhood is just as much individual as it is cultural, but it shouldn't blow your mind either. This pretty much says it best. It's nothing new to value pets as equal members of family. In fact, it seems like many people forget that cats were literally worshipped in Egypt for centuries, and the penalties for any crime against them were extremely severe. And yet people still want to claim that value isn't subjective. This Thank you. All the so called intellectuals in this thread cant even bring themselves to acknowledge this fact, let alone discuss how their are no absolutes in this scenario. They would rather hurl insults while peering down from their heroic self righteous highhorses Just how cows are worshipped in India right? We still eat them. And? We dont worship cows. Just like we dont worship cats like Egypt did. Doesnt mean we cant love our pets like family. The point is that people have valued certain animals above humans at a time. Some cultures probably still do. I believe the point they are trying to make is that its subjective... It's not about how much value you place on them, it's about their objectively lesser brains giving them less worth over a person. I already made this point to you So, theyre lesser because you think so. So, subjective. Does that mean that we should save the dog if our dog is smart and the baby has a disability that will never allow him to fully function past a certain age? Because they have smart dogs that can do many things like save lives and solve puzzles. Or should we save a smart chimpanzee over that same child? And why does not being smart mean they are lesser? Should I save a genius serial killer over you because theyre smarter? Also, why do you assume they are lesser. Animals are really smart. I mean, animals can understand other animals and us. Where we can only understand humans, most of the time. they also have theyre own way of living. They dont live the same way as humans. In the end, if you want to treat then as lesser, you go right ahead. But other treat them like family. And theres nothing wrong with that. And most people will save friends and family before a random baby you know nothing about. Nor anything about theyre future. Like others have said, they could grow up to be a serial killer, or the person who ends the world. It sounds ridiculous, but not more ridiculous than this scenario in the first place... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. <cite>LinkPizza posted [p:929659681] in I absolute... [t:78120178]...</cite> <quote>ledbowman posted...</cite> <quote>LinkPizza posted...</cite> <quote>PIITB415 posted...</cite> <quote>StealthRock posted...</cite> <quote>MarqueeSeries posted...</cite> <quote>Dragonblade01 posted...</cite> <quote>Humans have applied personhood to their pets for a long time. Someone valuing their wellbeing over a stranger's shouldn't be hard to understand. You don't have to think the same way, because to whom and how people give personhood is just as much individual as it is cultural, but it shouldn't blow your mind either.</quote> This pretty much says it best. It's nothing new to value pets as equal members of family. In fact, it seems like many people forget that cats were literally worshipped in Egypt for centuries, and the penalties for any crime against them were extremely severe. And yet people still want to claim that value isn't subjective.</quote> This Thank you. All the so called intellectuals in this thread cant even bring themselves to acknowledge this fact, let alone discuss how their are no absolutes in this scenario. They would rather hurl insults while peering down from their heroic self righteous highhorses</quote> Just how cows are worshipped in India right? We still eat them.</quote> And? We dont worship cows. Just like we dont worship cats like Egypt did. Doesnt mean we cant love our pets like family. The point is that people have valued certain animals above humans at a time. Some cultures probably still do. I believe the point they are trying to make is that its subjective...</quote> It's not about how much value you place on them, it's about their objectively lesser brains giving them less worth over a person. I already made this point to you</quote> So, theyre lesser because you think so. So, subjective. Does that mean that we should save the dog if our dog is smart and the baby has a disability that will never allow him to fully function past a certain age? Because they have smart dogs that can do many things like save lives and solve puzzles. Or should we save a smart chimpanzee over that same child? And why does not being smart mean they are lesser? Should I save a genius serial killer over you because theyre smarter? Also, why do you assume they are lesser. Animals are really smart. I mean, animals can understand other animals and us. Where we can only understand humans, most of the time. they also have theyre own way of living. They dont live the same way as humans. In the end, if you want to treat then as lesser, you go right ahead. But other treat them like family. And theres nothing wrong with that. And most people will save friends and family before a random baby you know nothing about. Nor anything about theyre future. Like others have said, they could grow up to be a serial killer, or the person who ends the world. It sounds ridiculous, but not more ridiculous than this scenario in the first place... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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