[Serenarocks]

Okay, this week I have just gotten so fed up with my race (namely, human). Here is my account of the week.


Monday... While coming home from an extra session of skating at noon, I saw a poor little prairie dog (kind of like a gopher, did I spell that right?) splattered on the road. Now, I get very emotional when I see an animal die, and I started crying in the car. My mother comments on "how she would rather not think about the dead creature lying in the middle of the road because we see it so often."

Tuesday... When I was in the living room, watching kids play in the park, a bird flys right into our neighbours window. He was motionless for a few moments, then started flying again, though, he had lost many feathers. Poor thing.

Thursday... Our city complains of coyotes lurking around parks and houses, killing dogs and cats, and hurting children. So, the city launches a program to kill the poor coyotes, and when they cant, they shoot them with tranquilizers and take it to a forest. Though this is a better alternative to killing, the fact remains that the coyotes were here first, and we built houses on top of their dens, killed their food, and left them no place to go. Also, on "Survivor", they kill more fish.

Saturday... When I was coming back from skating, again, my mother and I see more roadkill. This time a dead coyote is on the road.

On every single one of these days, I have cried for the animals that have suffered because of us humans.
Can anyone change my opinion of us? (Dont feel bad if I argue with your reason, its just because I'm upset.)
It also seems to me that most of the good things we do are to cure the things we messed up in the first place. *sigh*

[MA-53]

0.o... well, as far as I can tell, the only good thing we as humans have got going for us are the good people. You, me, final, spacely, star, and hundreds of others.

[Mobster101]

Well one, Don't cry at roadkill, In my opinion ther ejust animals who didn't make the "club" lol. jk. But about the coyots being here first, would you rather us lvie in the forests or have our children hurt by these things, or get them away.
Then, about the bird, birds do that all the time, GET USED TO IT! If you cry because a guy might have hit an animal on the road and lose faith in the human race..then somthing is wrong. I mean, your gonna see it everyday...It's apart of life.
The life cycle, Birth, life, death. Thats how it happens, that animal just had it's life cycle completed.

[CongressJon]

Humans are just used to such a "perfect" life, that some of us have really lost the moral sides of ourselves, caring about ourselves and ourselves only. It can be pretty sad, but this is how we came to be the perfect "rulers" of planet Earth - we take total control, and do what's best for us. It's really a pity, when you think about it.

[Serenarocks]

There are good people and bad people. I understand that. Also, I hate that evryone thinks were better than other animals. We could be living in caves, that would be better for the environment. Eventually the whole world will collapse because of our race. All animals will die out, there will be no plants, water, or ressources. The ozone layer will be destroyed, and the Earth will become nothing more than a look-alike of Mars. Cynical, yes, of course

[Spikeout]

It's so sad when you see people hurt animals I feel your pain Serena, most of my friends throw rocks at bunnies standing by or shoot them with airsoft guns. I just shoot my friends back. Oh well people are assholes.

[Goku]

LOLOLOL I was laughing the whole time I was reading that rofl

K...No
I don't get how it's humans faults for an animal running into the road. Or if a coyote is attacking kids, we have to do something about it. So we kill them (Y)
Just what animals like bears do, if someone gets too close to their cubs, they'll attack them... Lol seems a bit over the top crazy to care about road kill or that we eat other animals to stay alive... Are you vegetarian? 'Cause if not, you're a hypocrite (N)

[Crown]

reminds me of last week, when i was walking to the bus stop from my school and as i was crossing the road i notice by my foot a dead bird, nothing crushed, and i got freaked out

[Mobster101]

Now "cruelty" to animals is wrong. But an animal being smashed by a car isn't. It.. natural

[Traver]

I don't get how people can say "A coyote that runs over the road and gets hit by a car is just how life is, get over it", but when the same thing happens to a human, it's a huge tragedy. It's the same freakin' thing, show some respect for life.

This post has been edited by Traver: 24 April 2005 - 07:03 PM

[baxter_94]

When a human gets hit by a car its a major thing because a human knows what it is and knows what will happen. When a coyote sees a car its thinking "what the heck is that" then by the time it figures out its a bad thing it gets hit.

[Traver]

And that makes it okay? So if I kill you in such a manner that you are not aware you are going to die, it's okay?

[baxter_94]

No, because thats murder. I live in a state where animals get hit by cars all the time. Nobody wants to hit them but by the time they see them its too late. If someone speeds up just to hit an animal its wrong, same if they do it to a human.

[Traver]

No, because thats murder. I live in a state where animals get hit by cars all the time. Nobody wants to hit them but by the time they see them its too late. If someone speeds up just to hit an animal its wrong, same if they do it to a human.

But if they don't speed up and they hit an animal it doesn't matter, though if they hit a human, it's a huge tragedy?

[baxter_94]

This is the last thing im going to say on it so this doesn't escalate into a larger argument. In society a human's life is valued over an animals because we are more intelligent and higher up on the food chain. When an animal gets hit its not a big deal to most people because we are higher up than they are, thats just how it is. But when a human's life is taken its a big deal because a more intelligent being is dead. Its a tradegy for a human to get hit because normally thats murder or an accident. Either way the human should know better.