Killing bugs - is it wrong?
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I try my best to shoo an insect out of an open window, but if it's a fly or something I normally just swat it, it would've died in this house anyway, either by heat or starvation.
So I saved it a long, boring death.
So I saved it a long, boring death.
I'm always the guy in the house to will pick up a bug and put it outside. To me its just not "fair" to kill it. It had no idea getting into the house would get it killed. I WILL, however, kill stuff like widows. If it can actually harm someone if I put it outside, then I'll kill it.
I don't generally care. Though I usually let a spider or two live in my basement since they're really useful for catching the mosquitoes that find their way inside during the summer. Meaning I don't have to chase the little bitches around the room. Other than a spider or two, no. No bugs are allowed in the house, some I'll just catch alive and release them outside (moths and some spiders), but others get the kleenex tissue of death.
2 stories here.
1: I have a friend who likes bugs. Persuasive guy without words. I feel that I've known him long enough I can blame him for this: I saw an ant outside one day, and I was about to step on it when I thought to myself: "Hey..what did he ever do to me? Come on little guy, its okay x3!!"
2: At summer camp, there was a biiiiiiiig fly infestation in the bathroom. We took rubberbands, and had organized patrols, to shoot at flies, through the various hours of the night, and within a few days, they were gone. We had successfully fought off a swarm of flies using rubber bands.
1: I have a friend who likes bugs. Persuasive guy without words. I feel that I've known him long enough I can blame him for this: I saw an ant outside one day, and I was about to step on it when I thought to myself: "Hey..what did he ever do to me? Come on little guy, its okay x3!!"
2: At summer camp, there was a biiiiiiiig fly infestation in the bathroom. We took rubberbands, and had organized patrols, to shoot at flies, through the various hours of the night, and within a few days, they were gone. We had successfully fought off a swarm of flies using rubber bands.
If it's inside the house, particularly in a sleeping or eating area, it dies. This is doubly true for bees and spiders as I spend a lot of time with people that are afraid of them. Outside, leave them alone mostly. Mosquitoes and anything else that tries to feed on me dies regardless of location.
Is it wrong? Eh, there's a lot more pressing instances of animal cruelty in modern life than a swift death under a shoe. If it's wrong to kill an animal (and I don't think it is) I think you would be sorta morally compelled to be more active in preventing their suffering than just not killing them.
Is it wrong? Eh, there's a lot more pressing instances of animal cruelty in modern life than a swift death under a shoe. If it's wrong to kill an animal (and I don't think it is) I think you would be sorta morally compelled to be more active in preventing their suffering than just not killing them.
I feel bad killing bugs now. Essentially, why should I end their life? The only reason I do it is if they are causing harm to me (mosquitoes, black flies, ticks, etc.).
bugs are animals,therefore you should play but animal rules. Humans mark their territory by building a bloody house on it... i think that's a pretty clear mark. if the bug is in your house then it knew that buy entering your house you have every right to kill it (this is why hikers don't walk into wolf dens). if the bug bites you then it is self preservation. basically if you kill for the same reasons that animals do (get-o-f@#$ outta ma house!, don't bite me!, man do you ever look tasty..., ect.) then it is natural and they know that's how it works. if you kill cause it's fun... then i'm staying away from you.
I got out of my way not to step on worms. Because it's usually me, stepping into a place where they were before I got there.
It's different when they enter my home. Killing bugs in their native habitat is wrong; they have as much right to life as any of us do and none of us eat insects- or, few of us do anyway. When they invade my habitat though, without my permission, things change and I decide if they live or die.
It's different when they enter my home. Killing bugs in their native habitat is wrong; they have as much right to life as any of us do and none of us eat insects- or, few of us do anyway. When they invade my habitat though, without my permission, things change and I decide if they live or die.
I live in Wisconsin. I spent almost $1,000 on anti-mosquito technology a couple of years ago when i was building a barn on my property. There were billions of them and I happily slaughtered thousands of them with a Mosquito vac drying them to a crisp. I used foggers so that I was able to open the sealed building for a couple hours at a time to put in windows and doors. I still provided blood meals for hundreds of the beasts each week.
I'm a public school teacher and have encountered lice, scabies and on one choir trip- bedbugs. I would do everything I could to blast those plagues by the billions from the Earth.
My kids bought me a bag of spiced mealworms from Hot Topic last week. They were tasty.
I would be more concerned about what it is that is biting you. It sounds to me like you might have bedbugs or one of the other plagues mentioned above. Where do you live and can you post a picture of the bugs you think are biting?
I'm a public school teacher and have encountered lice, scabies and on one choir trip- bedbugs. I would do everything I could to blast those plagues by the billions from the Earth.
My kids bought me a bag of spiced mealworms from Hot Topic last week. They were tasty.
I would be more concerned about what it is that is biting you. It sounds to me like you might have bedbugs or one of the other plagues mentioned above. Where do you live and can you post a picture of the bugs you think are biting?
You're walking through the jungle and a tiger eats you. Was it wrong for the tiger to eat you? No, it was hungry, it acted on instinct.
You slapped a bug that landed on your hand. Was it wrong? No, you acted on instinct. Quite honestly, our first reaction to bugs is generally one of fear because despite their size, some of them can be dangerous. It isn't wrong to react to them by dealing with them as a threat. Flies spread disease, harmless bugs attract not so harmless predators.
You slapped a bug that landed on your hand. Was it wrong? No, you acted on instinct. Quite honestly, our first reaction to bugs is generally one of fear because despite their size, some of them can be dangerous. It isn't wrong to react to them by dealing with them as a threat. Flies spread disease, harmless bugs attract not so harmless predators.