Is it okay to care about animals more than humans? - General

[QUOTE=T553412;43612206]Guys, you all took the bait of the troll perfectly. This shit isn't even funny[/QUOTE] but trolls try to incite anger or annoyance or generally negative feelings for the purpose of laughing at the rage of others this is just too rational and civilized and understandable to be a troll and even if it is, they're very subtle about it; kinda pointless imo

People need to understand that animals think and feel emotions very differently to humans, you can't put them on the same level as humans.

[QUOTE=Razzly Faerie;43611896]Because i wanted to hear opinions. I've asked people on many different forums i have found at random, because i don't want to be considered a bad person just because i find animals more endearing than people.[/QUOTE] Considering whether or not you're bad person is up to you (wo)man, look into your heart. Seriously now, I don't care what you think of your child. As long as you don't make his life miserable only because you'd rather take care of your dog than him. If you want to feel better about yourself don't ask strangers on the internet.

[QUOTE=Frustration96;43610230]I would rather an animal be saved over my life yes. What's so wrong with that? I can understand if you wouldn't do the same but I don't see how anyone can view animals less than humans.[/QUOTE] I doubt you really think that, if you were put in a life-or-death situation your stance on that would quickly change.

[QUOTE=Frustration96;43610502][B][U]Animals never hurt anyone or do anything bad unless they are provoked [/U][/B]or are "trained" to do it (like idiots train pit bulls). I'm sure there are some bad animals out there but in general animals won't do anything unless they need to defend themselves or their families. Humans on the whole are pretty shitty. Of course there are a lot of good humans and I'm not denying that, but even a lot of these good humans when in groups tend to act shittier and don't care about anyone around them. Another problem with humans is their ideals. They are willing to go to the lengths of torture (I have never heard of an animal torturing anything) just because of a silly idea (religion for example). Again, I'm not saying anything like "ALL HUMANS ARE SHITTY AND SHOULD ALL DIE" I'm just saying that if you had to chose to save a dog or a human, the odds are that the dog would do a lot more good in it's life than a human.[/QUOTE] boy do you need to go outside more. a lot of animals do attack and kill out of instict the difference is humans have a logical reason to do so (unless they've got mental problems) even if the reason is clouded by something like rumors of lies it's still a "logical reason". No one is tortured be religion. and a dog couldn't do more then a human in it's life. you have a really basic way of thinking too, because a majority of people are good and decent if you get to know them and more often then not an animal won't think twice before hurting you. Animals also seem "nicer" to society because of domestication. cows and pigs would be pretty scary if it weren't for domestication and technology.

What a thread this turned out to be, holy shit.

Is everyone forgetting that humans are animals here?

I'm just going to leave this here: [URL]https://plus.google.com/108702943305071378657/posts[/URL] [IMG]http://gyazo.com/869a5028d5a66497bb9860988059ef7a.png[/IMG] [URL]http://www.autismlearningfelt.com/2010/07/mother-autism-son-murder-suicide.html[/URL] [IMG]http://gyazo.com/4a84a3365b50c7e65689f8d68b11d4bd.png[/IMG] [B]He is seriously considering murdering his child.[/B]

[QUOTE=Frustration96;43610050]I feel the same way. If I saw a human about to drown and a dog about to drown I would try and save the dog because animals are just better overall in my book. Having said that I don't think you should let this be something that anyone IRL knows about, especially your son.[/QUOTE] Just make sure Phil Collins doesn't see you letting someone drown.

For christ sakes i hope this guy is just trolling after that comment

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;43629414]I'm just going to leave this here: [URL]https://plus.google.com/108702943305071378657/posts[/URL] [IMG]http://gyazo.com/869a5028d5a66497bb9860988059ef7a.png[/IMG] [URL]http://www.autismlearningfelt.com/2010/07/mother-autism-son-murder-suicide.html[/URL] [IMG]http://gyazo.com/4a84a3365b50c7e65689f8d68b11d4bd.png[/IMG] [B]He is seriously considering murdering his child.[/B][/QUOTE] Either this is a seriously unfunny elaborate troll (who, frankly, is trying far too hard) or someone needs to do something to prevent this from happening.