11-20-2011, 01:09 PM
(11-20-2011, 12:38 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: This sort of thing makes me wonder when PETA folks get all uppity about killing animals. Wait. You mean just the furry, cute ones? What's that? Oh killing insects is fine? But aren't they animals too? What about a sardine? Oh you don't really care about that? So...
I'm pretty sure that PETA is not about that--only caring about the cute and furry. PETA has "chosen their battle" so to speak. PETA is helping animals being tested on especially, which does not occur so much with insects.
As for me, I respect all life. I kill nothing, not even cockroaches. I carried a scorpion outside (in a jar) that had bitten me in bed. Every opportunity I get I try and save a life (someone "just because" killing a spider for instance; I don't lecture the person, I just carry it outside).
About the microbes: what I meant about the size was, how would microbes get around the fact that because of their microscopic size they get smushed easily, hence, the effects of such a happening would be accepted as it is inevitable. Not so with larger beings.