> If your host is an animal lover, you don't pick up roadkill on your way over, either. It all comes down to the "plants don't have feelings/aren't really aliv

> If your host is an animal lover, you don't pick up roadkill on your way over, either. It all comes down to the "plants don't have feelings/aren't really alive" bias we have. Some people will go to great contorted lengths to justify the destruction of something, using words like tradition, aesthetics or honor and justice (like for war) or just "the way it has always been", and if you try to call them out on it, they'll get angry at you for trying to stop them from destroying something (as seen in the other comments here) :)