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You are using your perfectly logical reasoning to hide how horrible beings humans are. We show compassion for orangutans and care for the environment. And we ca

by berns 7y ago

You are using your perfectly logical reasoning to hide how horrible beings humans are. We show compassion for orangutans and care for the environment. And we can carry on normal productive lives while horrendous pain is inflicted to millions of other human beings, and this pain should be so unbeareable for ourselves that it would hoard all of our attention.

ianai 7y ago
This orangutan was born in captivity, sold, had a baby in captivity, had her baby sold and taken from her, and now she’s gained some respect of her life in a sanctuary for her kind. It’s actually pretty high up in the scale of bad things that humanity does to itself.
- berns 7y ago
  I would continue to rejoice in our altruism but I have to feed my cat with that special gourmet pâté. I'm a horrible being too.
  - dwaltrip 7y ago
    Yes, your domesticated cat is the same as an orangutan. The problem has been solved!
PhasmaFelis 7y ago
No one is trying to hide anything, and your "we do this but not that" language obscures the issue. We show compassion for animals, and also brutalize them. We care for the environment, and destroy it. We fight for human rights, and ignore human rights, and actively abuse human rights. A lot more people need to move towards the good sides of those spectra. This is a small and local movement, probably not one that will have a major effect; we shouldn't let it distract us, obviously, but I think we can still appreciate it.