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Originally Posted by Janszoon
You guys must be kidding. Do you really think we as a society value non-humans more than humans? How much prison time do you think you'd get for killing a cat versus killing a human? Better yet, how do think people would react if you ate human versus eating... say... a cow?
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Depends how good your lawyer is
I went a little far to say "we," and saying all society, but I'm really just trying to express how stupid I think it is for people to put animals on the same plane as people. People like sk who have to wonder if they would rather shoot a cat or their girlfriend. In other threads I've seen people say they'd rather hit a person with their car than an animal. I feel like a lot of people don't have much sympathy for a homeless person begging for change, but all the sympathy in the world for a dog or cat or something.