Killing bugs - is it wrong?

[odanhammer]

Depends , if you don't have to kill something.. why would you want to?
I have to kill any wasp/bee's that come around my house, as my wife runs a daycare and some of the children might get stung as they are under the age of 5.

However if i see a fly in the room , if i can lure it outside , i try.
Generally i kill a bug if i can't get it away or outside without harming myself or others.

And yes i think most kids kill bugs at one time or another.
If you feel bad for killing some ants , then prehaps you should put a few sugar cubes next to an ants nest and not kill anymore nests unless they become a pest.

I don't kill bugs.. i kill pests.

 

[Necrofudge]

If it is this eliminate it with extreme prejudice.

But its so adorable... I would gladly feed my dog to that thing.

 

[Eric the Orange]

Not really, but then again I'm not really a caring person.

 

[RandomRican]

Torturing mosquitos should be encouraged throughout the world

 

[credop]

I like the Eddie Izzard idealism. Spiders, keep them because they do stuff, they eat annoying flies. But flies, they do fuck all so kill them.

 

[F-I-D-O]

My cat chases flies, mosquitoes, spiders, cockroaches, and anything else that moves and is smaller than it. Often my cat will kill them slowly when he catches them. He does not posses the ability to kill swiftly, or at least does not exercise it. Does this make my cat an evil murderer?
Humans, as part of nature, are natural. Everything we do is NATURAL, so killing a bug because it annoys you is natural. If the bug is feeding on you, then that is the bug believing it can kill/exploit you for its own gain. Kill it, and show you are a superior organism. While I do not go outside with a ghostbusters pack that shoots RAID, I still kill a bug that attempts to eat me, crawl on me, steal my food, or enter my home. I defend what I have, and killing is the only definitive way. If enough spiders are killed in your home, they will likely stop coming in.
On to the original question, my cat eats its kills. This gives my cat nutrition (yes, I do feed it) and establishes my cat as higher on the food chain than that unfortunate beetle. Even if it doesn't eat it, it still shows superiority, and I doubt he feels guilt.
Don't let killing bugs bother you to much.

P.S. My cat is now looking at me horrified as I just threw his cockroach (which he killed and offered to me) outside. I'm more scared of my cat than what would happen when the insect's brethren find the body.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I like the Eddie Izzard idealism. Spiders, keep them because they do stuff, they eat annoying flies. But flies, they do fuck all so kill them.

/agree

Personally, I leave them alone if they leave me alone, however, I live on the 3rd floor, if they're so damn determined to get into my property and fuck me off by flying around and freaking me out, they're getting a rolled up magazine crit to the face.

Bees and spiders I'll generally try to catch and fling out the window, but daddy long legs I get dozens of thru the summer, so screw em, they're gonna lose their essential 3rd dimension when I find em in my home.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/138358/ricky_gervais_daddy_longlegs/

I'm certainly not in favour of pulling legs off and the like tho, end em quickly and move on.

 

[Tharwen]

I don't like killing them. If I find myself doing it, I wonder if there's actually a reason for it, and when I realise there isn't, I stop.

 

[paiged]

If they're in my house they're fair game. That being said, I don't always end up killing them. If they are near where I sleep, fly around my head, or are going to bite me they have it coming.

If they're a ladybug, or a caterpillar or something I usually take it outside.

If I'm outside I usually won't kill any bugs at all. Except for moths. I hate those things, seriously.

I don't really feel guilty about it though. If I invaded their home and tried destroying it or feeding off of them I'm sure they'd want me dead too.

 

[USSR]

Mosquito, vampire, doctor;

Regardless of what you are, if I notice you taking my blood, you die -.-

 

[AwesomeExpress]

I have no problems killing bugs, but I won't go out of my way to kill the innocent/less annoying ones. Or even if it's just a small spider, I'll mostly just let it outside. I guess it more depends on the mood I'm in. And I try not to step on ants.

 

[Woodsey]

This reminds me of the time I pulled all of a crab's legs off when I was eleven or twelve.

That's kind of fucked up.

I've never had a problem killing insects, I'd never hurt something bigger though.

 

[gbemery]

I find it morally acceptable to kill them when they invade my home or come too close to me, especially when they creep up on me. If I see them before hand I will try to avoid them and if they are in my house I will try to catch them and put them outside. But if they bite me, dead, surprise me, usually dead.

 

[johnman]

I dont like killing them. They are just doing thier own thing, If I see a spider I will either leave it be or put it outside.
That is unless they are either biting me or flies. Flies can piss right off the annoying bastards, moths I dont mind since they dont make a high pitched buzzing sound as they repeatedly fly into the window.
I use to catch flies and feed them to the spiders in the garage, and got one to grow massivly with all the extra food I gave him.

 

[samstewiefisher]

There pests and as such wouldnt think twice bout killing anyting in my house, as long as the creature didnt suffer, though im not sure just how much an insect can suffer. Outside your house is different though, i dont think people should fuck with the eco system, or part there of, for no reason.

 

[Plurralbles]

if they're on a side walk outside, leave 'em.

If they're buzzing around your head and won't go out the freakin' window you opened, then their life is forfeit.

One should avoid killing them, but if they won't go away then I find it completely okay.

When you're in their habitat though, when outside, I don't believe anyone has teh right to kill a bug who just has the gull to cross your path.

 

[Plurralbles]

If it is this eliminate it with extreme prejudice.

OH JEEZE I HATE THOSE THINGS!

Freaky little fucks. Fast as all get out too.

Anyon ever try to get a wolf spider? Those buggers move like lightning(it's how they hunt,, so it makes sense)

 

[crimson5pheonix]

There is a circle of hell for mosquitoes. It's my duty to send them there.