Poll: Would you kick a puppy?

[Trololo Punk]

No, for one its only $5,
2. Its a puppy? come on, look at that face.

 

[Brandon237]

I really don't care that you think animals have intelligence (witch they don't they have instinct nothing more)but by your logic even the ones we eat should have intelligence and killing them should be wrong. no its not for food its for money think about all the food that goes to waste in the US. you gonna cry about that to? kicking a dog is like kicking a brick the only reason you might not do it is because you could hurt your foot. don't let the cuteness of a puppy stir up your emotions and cloud your logic.(and yes I do think puppy's are cute)you clearly place the idea of a dog higher then me, and instead of using logic to try and win your argument you go around trying to insulting/hurt me. make better choices become a wise person kill the animals save the babies!

Have you ever worked with animals? have you had pets and actually paid attention to them? If you have then you would know that they are capable of intelligence and more than just instinct. My parents are vets and I have been surrounded by animals my whole life, I KNOW first-hand that they are not stupid. They observe, they learn, they think, they feel. I agree, not to the degree humans do, but that does not make them devoid of intelligence.

Yes, the ones we eat can be intelligent, but they are killed for food, for something we need to survive, and they would not be there if we did not need them for food. Cows and pigs would not exist in the numbers they do were it not for us using them for food.

But when an animal is hurt or killed when it is not necessary, then my blood boils, it is unnecessary suffering and pain on the part of a creature that has done NOTHING to you. Especially a dog, they are raised as friends and family among people, and then out of the blue it gets this treatment because some jerk wants $15? That is sick.

Human beings are creatures of emotion. Any one who never makes a decision based on emotion is either still an infant or a psychopath. People who will do anything for their own gain without considering the pain the cause are widely considered to be psychopathic.

I place the dog higher than you because the dog didn't give you permanent injury for $15 dollars. It has no malicious intent, no greed, you do. Based on that, who should I put higher on the ladder? You have also implied that I am not using logic, which is insulting, and possibly true: I am being caring, not cold and logical, because that is what makes a decent person, being caring and having a little thing called empathy. You know, understanding the pain of other's and that they indeed do feel it and do suffer, animals included.

Causing suffering for your own good is greed. Causing suffering that is not necessary is cruelty. Causing suffering and not caring, not even thinking of the sufferer as a being deserving anything better is borderline evil.
Should I really think of you, someone who is saying that given this situation, they would be cruel, greedy and evil over a puppy that is innocent and has done nothing wrong to you?

make better choices become a wise person kill the animals save the babies!

Now you are just trolling me.

yes my grandma has five dogs. when I was little we had a dog to.

my main reason for saying this it to watch the disrespect/hatred people have for humanity its sad really.

And you did NOT notice that they indeed did think and feel? That they were creatures that could be good friends and family, that weren't just useless mongrels that you should abuse? You clearly were not paying attention.

I hate/disrespect humanity because of people who cause unnecessary suffering with no sense of what they are doing, who do not acknowledge that other life has a place here on Earth and that we really aren't all that important. Animals could live without us, not so much the other way around. If every human on Earth died at the same time, the animal world would continue, if every animal died at the same time, we would come pretty close to extinction and the environment would fall to pieces.

We are not needed on Earth, we are the cherry on top, there for the sake of it. Now get that into your head, and understand that animals deserve care and respect too. Also, people who refuse to see the value of other people and animals, who do not have any sympathy for something less intelligent, but equally as, if not more important than themselves do NOT deserve said respect.

blah blah blah i love dogs more then people. silly silly brandon

Wow, informative, clever argument that addresses my points in great detail. I am incredibly... humbled.

I love dogs more than people who have no sense of empathy, I will admit that, but more than good people? No. But I don't have discussions like these with good, caring and understanding people.