For animals they call it
"putting them to sleep"
or "putting them out of their misery".
Why are animals granted this mercy, but not humans?
2007-12-16 05:43:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Are humans masochistic by nature to allow such laws to exist?
I'm puzzled!
2007-12-16 06:42:30 · update #1
Good question. People should think about that.
2007-12-16 05:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by Kookie M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are under the illusion that human life is more important than animal existence. However, I think people need to qualify their right to exist. I mean if you are a repeat criminal, we need to put you out of our misery. If you are some unemployed, deadbeat parent, who is constantly on drugs? You get whacked. This is cruelty to people, this is what I call social cleansing. Why should I be paying for these peoples existence? Especially when the water tables are dropping ad people are mostly made up of water? As far as letting people kill themselves due to a painful life from disease or injury or age? It is their life, who am I to tell them what to do?
2007-12-16 13:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by raiderking69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We love our pets unconditionally and hate to see them suffer. In contrast look at how people talk about other people on this board.
I don't think I've ever read a rant about how evil dogs are and how they deserve to suffer. Of course, we believe that all life is sacred regardless of how much a person may be suffering or how bad the conditions he's living under may be. And no matter what, don't give a sick person government sponsored health care or welfare. It's immoral, etc.
2007-12-16 13:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by Citizen1984 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Dr. Kevorkian was doing that until he got caught and got sent to jail.
2007-12-16 14:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋