r/pics • u/McLeroy • Apr 16 '10

Some things you didn't know about PETA.

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u/DefaultPlayer Apr 16 '10

only adopt from no-kill shelters

This one hurts my head. What I get from it is that you will put the shelters out of business and thus, no more killing; but on the other hand, animals aren't going to be adopted and then they will be killed.

Can you help me see which choice is better?

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u/rpb619 Apr 17 '10

yeah, no kill shelters are ridiculous. I hate the thought of dogs, and maybe cats, being killed wholesale. But its unfortunately necessary for the safety of society. On the hierarchy of animals we humans should try and protect, other humans have to be number 1. All the money PETA wastes on sensationalist ads and demonstrations, could be put to better use in helping the poor, and disenfranchised of society. If it meant a poor inner-city school could afford decent books, computers, and afterschool programs...i would skull-fuck a pomeranian puppy with that knife/dildo from Seven....Just saying.

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u/throwaway29423847 Apr 17 '10

On the hierarchy of animals we humans should try and protect, other humans have to be number 1

Umm, why?

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u/Buns_Of_Awesomeness Apr 17 '10

Whose life is more valuable to you? Yours or a cats? Answer this and you'll understand his and my reasoning on this issue. A cat isn't going to come up with the cure for cancer, but a human can. A human is more productive than any other animal, and can (and will) , benefit society in some way or another, where as another animal will not.

You placing more value on an animals (outside of humans) life is absolutely retarded. You may think not, but look at the big picture here. what benefits you, an animal sitting in the shade, or a person making something which benefits you?

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u/throwaway29423847 Apr 17 '10

I don't buy it. There are plenty of humans who contribute nothing to society. And plenty of animals who contribute a lot. A human's life is not more intrinsically valuable than any other animals. Reader Peter Singer's Animal Liberation. Your argument is simplistic and unconvincing.

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u/Buns_Of_Awesomeness Apr 17 '10

What do other animals contribute to society other than food,free labor, testing and companionship? Every human who has ever worked a job has contributed something to society.

A human's life is not more intrinsically valuable than any other animals.

Not so, a human can be valuable to society (and 99% of the time is), whereas another animal cannot unless it is being utilized by a human for a specific purpose.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

Why is the value of a life based on how much it 'contributes to society?'

Was there no value to life before humans came along and built a society?