None of that matters. Its about motivation. Why one would do something. Killing cockroaches in a domestic setting, where shock, fear, disgust, etc take over in

None of that matters. Its about motivation. Why one would do something. Killing cockroaches in a domestic setting, where shock, fear, disgust, etc take over in an instant, is different from deciding to remote control one for fun. Fair enough from a pure research POV, where ethics and welfare are discussed and addressed, and there is a reasonable research goal, but for some individual at home, for fun?