Generally yes. But it must be for some purpose. I do not go out of my way to hurt or kill any animal but if an insect is bothering me I feel I am justified in killing it.
Killing bugs - is it wrong?
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Do you feel it is wrong to kill insects/other bugs?
Nope.
Under what circumstances do you think it is morally acceptable?
Every circumstance where they are within a living area that is for me.
Do you feel a pang of guilt for crushing a bug that wasn't harming you in any way?
Nope.
Nope.
Under what circumstances do you think it is morally acceptable?
Every circumstance where they are within a living area that is for me.
Do you feel a pang of guilt for crushing a bug that wasn't harming you in any way?
Nope.
I have yet to come across a good excuse...
...to keep the things alive. I have no qualms about killing insects. Especially mosquitoes. I'm sure there's a torture in hell that involves a mosquito in some way. Probably a small one buzzing next to your ear as you try and sleep...
...to keep the things alive. I have no qualms about killing insects. Especially mosquitoes. I'm sure there's a torture in hell that involves a mosquito in some way. Probably a small one buzzing next to your ear as you try and sleep...
It is not morally "wrong" to kill bugs. They are one of the least intelligent kinds of life that exists in animal-type form.
People say spiders are our friends, but they can poison and kill us. Flies root and lay eggs in manure and can spread disease. Hornets and wasps will go out of their way to attack and sting anything that's remotely close to them. Mosquitoes are flying bug vampires. Ticks attach themselves to your body. Leeches likewise. Scorpions crawl into shoes and then sting toes with their poisonous barbs. Ants will build their hills right next to human habitations and then send their warriors to steal our food and bite our legs whenever they feel like it.
Killing bugs is awesome.
People say spiders are our friends, but they can poison and kill us. Flies root and lay eggs in manure and can spread disease. Hornets and wasps will go out of their way to attack and sting anything that's remotely close to them. Mosquitoes are flying bug vampires. Ticks attach themselves to your body. Leeches likewise. Scorpions crawl into shoes and then sting toes with their poisonous barbs. Ants will build their hills right next to human habitations and then send their warriors to steal our food and bite our legs whenever they feel like it.
Killing bugs is awesome.
only if absolutely necessary. Keep in mind they breed very fast. So any dent you try to make in their population will be quickly reimbursed.
I remember doing some pretty awful things to bugs when I was little, but I assure you I felt sufficiently bad about it. I'm against cruelty, period. I won't hesitate to kill a spider if it's in my home, I bloody hate the things, ants too. Otherwise live and let live.
The only bugs I've never killed or will kill are butterflies and ladybugs. From time to time I'll find something nonthreatening crawling near my window and I'll pick it up with a paper cup and set it outside in the grass. Really, who am I to snuff out a life, however significant or insignificant it may be to me?
The only bugs I've never killed or will kill are butterflies and ladybugs. From time to time I'll find something nonthreatening crawling near my window and I'll pick it up with a paper cup and set it outside in the grass. Really, who am I to snuff out a life, however significant or insignificant it may be to me?
The ones I was referring to though were more the harmless ones, like crane-flies or grasshoppers... surely somewhere deep down it's just wrong on some level to take the life of one of these if it's existing harmoniously with you?Samurai Goomba said:
If they're a nuisance or hazard, then yes. I will kill them. But if they're just buzzing around, I'll just shoo em away with my hands.
I'm not doing anything to stop the many humans being murdered across the planet by stupid tribal wars, or famine or disease. If I care about the plight of the starving, dying and oppressed humans and do nothing, how much less should I do for bugs I feel nearly nothing for?MiracleOfSound said:
I do make an effort to nicely remove bugs from my presence which cannot harm me. But if one gets in my way, it dies.
I'm against killing anything without a good reason, namely food (I'm no vegetarian) or self-defense (and of course unavoidable accident.)
Mosquitoes and ticks abound where I live, and I have no qualms about killing them, since that's self-defense (both against bites and disease). I've also killed scorpions and black widows in the past, but nowadays I prefer putting them outside when I can (other spiders I either ignore or release.) Roaches I understand killing, though I prefer removing them when practical (we do have poison bait to deal with them.)
If I must kill something, I try to do it quickly and thoroughly. If someone else has stepped on a bug, and it's still moving, I'll try to crush its head and make sure it's gone. There's just no sense in causing unnecessary suffering, even if it's dim, non-sentient suffering.
My friends and I have a running joke that one day all the descendants of all the bugs I've saved over the years will rescue me. I'll be pulled from a fire or hauled up a cliff by a swarm of creepy-crawlies, and not be sure if it's cool or gross.
Oh, and someone did actually call me a "Buddhist hippie" once. I shrugged and said "Peace, love and Buddha, baby!"
Mosquitoes and ticks abound where I live, and I have no qualms about killing them, since that's self-defense (both against bites and disease). I've also killed scorpions and black widows in the past, but nowadays I prefer putting them outside when I can (other spiders I either ignore or release.) Roaches I understand killing, though I prefer removing them when practical (we do have poison bait to deal with them.)
If I must kill something, I try to do it quickly and thoroughly. If someone else has stepped on a bug, and it's still moving, I'll try to crush its head and make sure it's gone. There's just no sense in causing unnecessary suffering, even if it's dim, non-sentient suffering.
My friends and I have a running joke that one day all the descendants of all the bugs I've saved over the years will rescue me. I'll be pulled from a fire or hauled up a cliff by a swarm of creepy-crawlies, and not be sure if it's cool or gross.
Oh, and someone did actually call me a "Buddhist hippie" once. I shrugged and said "Peace, love and Buddha, baby!"
I've got a personal vendetta against ants. Back when I was 4 I picked up one to talk to it and become friends with it. [HEADING=3]It attacked me! It was unprovoked.[/HEADING] From that day forward I pledged to stomp all Ants I see. I still honor that pledge.
And don't even get me started on Wasps.
And don't even get me started on Wasps.
I think it's bad to kill anything for the sheer glee of 'killing something'. Though, in many cases, this is excusable when you are young and immature (zapping bugs with the magnifying glass).
If this continues into young adulthood, ehhh...well, it isn't wrong 'per se' to kill bugs, but I worry about how this morbid-fascination could bleed over into other areas.
Short answer: not really.
Long answer: Kind of, given the wrong intentions
If this continues into young adulthood, ehhh...well, it isn't wrong 'per se' to kill bugs, but I worry about how this morbid-fascination could bleed over into other areas.
Short answer: not really.
Long answer: Kind of, given the wrong intentions
They were here first, they aren't doing anything wrong, etc.
That being said, if a centipede has the indiscretion to walk across my ceiling, it drowns in Raid, no questions asked. I don't really tend to bother with anything else, just those disgusting little buggers.
That being said, if a centipede has the indiscretion to walk across my ceiling, it drowns in Raid, no questions asked. I don't really tend to bother with anything else, just those disgusting little buggers.
Usually killing bugs doesn't matter to me.
Though once I sprayed one with bug spray and it wigged out, and I felt surprisingly bad.
Though once I sprayed one with bug spray and it wigged out, and I felt surprisingly bad.
No, also their lack of a central nervous system makes me care less.MiracleOfSound said:
Always.
Why would you feel guilt, unless you enjoy West Nile, or parasites, most insects are disgusting creatures. The only ones i give a damn about are Ants, and Bees for i do enjoy honey.
Mindless killing of them is wrong, not morally but intelligently. Insects do a great deal in our ecosystem. There food for birds and bats and other small animals, bees pollinate flowers. Ants are supposed to be good for soil somehow unless they over populate and you have more ants then soil. They all serve some purpose. Wiping out insects is just flat out an idiotic idea. Kill the couple that are annoying or biting you is fine.
Fucking eh yes that is hilarious.Rastelin said:Let me put it this way.
I generally don't kill them unless there's a reason to. I'll kill flies and mosquitoes but most other bugs are all right by me. I'll even leave spiders or just move them outside, because they thin the horde of flies and mosquitoes we get where I live.