Not sure why so much of
my inspiration to write comes from debates (not arguments) that
I have. And not sure why I have so many arguments, oh I mean
debates. Anyway with this post I would like to say that I am not going to
get all deep and philosophical on you, because let’s face it I
couldn't even if I wanted, I like swimming in the shallow end. And let me start off by saying this is absolutely in no way is a
pro-life vs. pro choice discussion. But twice in the last 8 months I
have been put in these hypothetical situations where I have to choose one life
(already born and moving about etc.) over the other. And each time I have
tried to make a point, that has failed me and I end up being misunderstood.
Now I get that people who I had these discussions with probably do not
read anything on this blog and honestly do not care what the point was that I
was trying to make, but I still feel like I need to make said point (for just
a quick second and then I will let it all go).
If my family or anyone, and for that
matter anything, was in any sort of life threatening danger I would of course
do anything in my power to save them, that is a given and should never be
question. I hope I am never put in any situation like that for many
obvious reasons. How successful I would be I am not sure, I have a
feeling I would wet myself and pass out, but all intentions would be to save a
life. And there is my point; to save life. The people posing the
question to me offered me the choice of a baby and a puppy and said if I had to
which one would I kill. Well the answer is I would do whatever I could to
save both. There answer was immediately to kill the puppy. And that
bothers me greatly (as my answer bothered them). It is that total
disregard to another living being that upsets me. This is where the
debate became more lively.
Here is my point,
all living things are necessary for the survival of other living
things. Chose to love and respect all life, it is not hard (and for me
much easier than killing something). Because humans can talk and
reason does not make us better than puppies, or trees, or whatever, it just
means that we can talk and reason. It is those that think they are better
and could say so easily that they would crush something to death that scares
me. No regard for life. And no regard for what I was trying to say because
they were so blinded by destroying something to save what they saw as more
valuable. Humans are not better than the rest of the living things on
this planet. But because humans think that way is why we are in the mess we
are currently in, no respect for anything other than ourselves. And unfortunately
we are learning the lesson that all life depends on each other much too late.
If I see someone hurting a dog I would do whatever I could to stop them,
or a baby, or an old lady, or a tree. I may be the only person to hold these
type of views (but I doubt it) but I do think it is important to here the other
side in order to form a complete argument next time you ask me to kill
something. Think about how stupid these hypothetical questions
are, because I have a feeling if anyone that talks big would act a bit
different given live circumstances. I offer no harm to anyone, and even
those who may be threatening something in some way I would still try to save
rather than destroying the thing that is doing the threatening. Again
maybe this is big talk since I have never been forced to act on these words.
But I can honestly say that (at least I think/hope I would) I would
always try to save rather than hurt or destroy. That is all; now back to
the shallow end where I can think only happy thoughts.
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