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- From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
- Subject: Re: Killing bugs (was Re: Killing animals (was Re: hunting dog wanted))
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.163859.4120@spdc.ti.com>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:38:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.032719.12009@cdf.toronto.edu> g9rwaigh@cdf.toronto.edu (Rosemary Waigh) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.193010.13137@csi.uottawa.ca> cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne) writes:
- >>In article <C1F7Kq.Lxr@math.uwaterloo.ca> rbutterw@math.uwaterloo.ca (Ray Butterworth [MFCF]) writes:
- >>>Does this apply to all animals? I think Einstein said something like
- >>>"I gave up gardening after I realized I was cutting worms in two."
- >>
- >>Worms aren't, strictly speaking, animals. (I don't recall offhand
- >>which phylum worms are in - my last bio. course was in grade 9, which
- >>was, whew, a LONG time ago! Early '80s, for sure!)
- >
- >Actually, I do try to be nice to worms (I thought they were animals, but as
- >I mentioned in another more detailed post on this issue there are various
- >systems of classification). After the rain I gently move the worms who have
- >crawled onto the sidewalk back to the soil before they dry up (or before
- >someone deliberately steps on them :-( ).
- >
-
- I had to smile at this, because I do it too. Sometimes there's just too many
- and I give up. I find myself doing it less with age. I also deport spiders
- from the house. Fire ants, fleas, chiggers, ticks, roaches, and mosquitos I
- show no mercy. I suppose this means I play god, killing when it suits my
- purpose, saving likewise. The only real difference is where we draw our
- respective lines as to morality of killing.
-
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- Jeff Achenbach
-