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No, man I'm not a threat. Your remark reminds me of a common situation of someone being accused of being a race traitor by a white supremacist.

rnernento 8y ago
I guess if I'm being honest I'm kind of a human supremacist. I think most of us are. That's why we eat other animals. I'm not saying I don't feel guilty about it but I also don't feel guilty about swatting mosquitoes. Also my comment wasn't meant to be serious...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  I don't consider myself a human supremacist, but I also don't eat other animals even if some of my quality of life is ultimately sourced from their suffering. I think it is just as foolish to assume that humans are more deserving, more important, and more valuable than any other life simply because you are a part of that group as it is to assume the same about your race.
  - Retra 8y ago
    "It's foolish to assume $2 is more valuable than $1 just because it has more purchasing power." Humans are more valuable because we have more power. That may not be a suitably saccharine notion for your delicate moral sensibilities, but reality isn't really designed to appeal to those anyway.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
      Someone has a reading comprehension problem. Here, let me help you: "I think it is just as foolish to assume that humans are more deserving, more important, and more valuable than any other life simply because you are a part of that group as it is to assume the same about your race." > Humans are more valuable because we have more power. And Nazis were more valuable than Poles for the same reason? There are reasonable arguments to be made about why we should consider human life more valuable than other life, but you're not making them.
      - Retra 8y ago
        You grossly misinterpret what I mean by "power", because it has nothing to do with the differences between Nazis and Poles, as both of them have the same aggregate ability to make decisions.

rnernento 8y ago

I guess if I'm being honest I'm kind of a human supremacist. I think most of us are. That's why we eat other animals. I'm not saying I don't feel guilty about it but I also don't feel guilty about swatting mosquitoes. Also my comment wasn't meant to be serious...

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
I don't consider myself a human supremacist, but I also don't eat other animals even if some of my quality of life is ultimately sourced from their suffering. I think it is just as foolish to assume that humans are more deserving, more important, and more valuable than any other life simply because you are a part of that group as it is to assume the same about your race.
- Retra 8y ago
  "It's foolish to assume $2 is more valuable than $1 just because it has more purchasing power." Humans are more valuable because we have more power. That may not be a suitably saccharine notion for your delicate moral sensibilities, but reality isn't really designed to appeal to those anyway.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
    Someone has a reading comprehension problem. Here, let me help you: "I think it is just as foolish to assume that humans are more deserving, more important, and more valuable than any other life simply because you are a part of that group as it is to assume the same about your race." > Humans are more valuable because we have more power. And Nazis were more valuable than Poles for the same reason? There are reasonable arguments to be made about why we should consider human life more valuable than other life, but you're not making them.
    - Retra 8y ago
      You grossly misinterpret what I mean by "power", because it has nothing to do with the differences between Nazis and Poles, as both of them have the same aggregate ability to make decisions.