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Would you feel the same if cats were the only animal whose organs could be harvested?
by sillysaurusx 5y ago
Would you feel the same if cats were the only animal whose organs could be harvested?
- spoonjim 5y agoYes, I would be OK with killing any number of cats to save any human’s life.
- gambiting 5y agoAbsolutely - why wouldn't you? Serious question.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoIf you were the cat, I bet you'd feel differently. That's as serious of an answer as I can give. It's the same reason I never neutered my cats, since it felt like a mutilation.
- gambiting 5y agoYes, but if I were a cat I wouldn't lick my own anus and yet cats happily do that - my opinion on what I would or wouldn't like as a cat is not really relevant. My point is - we are not cats, and cats aren't humans. They deserve good treatment, respect and all the love they can get - but at the end of the day they are not humans and should not be treated as such.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoHow would you clean your anus if you were a cat? Suppose a cat had fingers, and basic language ability. Would you still feel the same way? Suppose we didn't slaughter the other five proto-human species (Neanderthals et al). Would you still feel the same way? The line gets blurrier the more you think it over.
- likeclockwork 5y agoI reject the notion that you can clean anything by licking it.
- throwaway946513 5y agoFriction and liquids? Seems pretty much like the wet wipe used to clean my countertop - only a different friction material, and a different liquid solvent.
- Chris2048 5y ago> Suppose a cat had fingers, and basic language ability It would no longer be a cat. That's why "If you (a human) were a cat" is a problem, b/c you need to say what level of human/cat this hybrid creature is imagined to be. It's like that joke: "Behold! The dog with two heads! and two bodies!"
- salamandersauce 5y agoMy mom thought that way until we ended up with 5 more cats. The prospect of 20 more cats didn't quite appeal to her either.