Why do people care more about animals than humans ?

Dilly. · 30-11-2013 06:10PM

P.Walnuts wrote: »

When people abuse/kill animals they are killing a creature who is also defenceless at at the mercy of the person, so any act carried out not of necessity but of pure cruelty.

Now, I'm not for a second comparing crimes against children against crimes against animals, but I think there is a common theme there of helplessness on the victims side, and power and cruelty on the perpetrators side.

totally agree

Grayson · 30-11-2013 06:11PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Let bad people repent all they like, they are still always going to be bad people.

Would you leave a child in the care of someone who molested a child years previously, but was now "a good person"? I know I wouldn't

I'd leave them in the care of a carnivore. Or a hunter. Or someone who sets gill nets/snares.

And people are more important than animals. Animal cruelty is wrong but there's a line. I would brutally bludgeon 20 puppies to death if that saved the life of a baby.

Jimoslimos · 30-11-2013 06:12PM

btard wrote: »

My dog gives me loyalty and unconditional love.

I never understand this. Why are these particularly attractive qualities? These can be dangerous in humans never mind animals. Most cults and religious organisations are founded on these.

Dilly. · 30-11-2013 06:19PM

Gatling wrote: »

OK do people on hers have sex their dogs and horses ,

Unconditional love and undying love surely if you love your pets that much more than fellow humans I'd say more than a few take it to the next level

what is actually wrong with you?

hatrickpatrick · 30-11-2013 06:22PM

Jernal wrote: »

Because one thing generally brings universal condemnation. The viewpoints on animal cruelty and how to tackle it tend to be far more dispersed.
The level of conversation in a thread isn't an indicator of how much people care about something. Because odds are you have the same few posters keeping the thread alive. Everyone else has long since left.

Indeed - discussion in the horse thread is split pretty much 50/50 between discussion of the actual incident, and the usual AH class warfare because the incident happened in Tallaght. :rolleyes:

Da Shins Kelly · 30-11-2013 06:24PM

UCDVet wrote: »

If I make a list of the qualities I find positive and a list of the qualities I find negative; generally speaking, animals are 'better people' than most people I know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze_dBldmBDw

zenno · 30-11-2013 06:24PM

Gatling wrote: »

OK do people on hers have sex their dogs and horses ,

Unconditional love and undying love surely if you love your pets that much more than fellow humans I'd say more than a few take it to the next level

Jesus christ man snap out of it. That's a twisted comment to make.

Gatling · 30-11-2013 06:28PM

zenno wrote: »

Jesus christ man snap out of it. That's a twisted comment to make.

Don't worry I'm sure secret's are safe on here

Grayson · 30-11-2013 06:30PM

HansHolzel wrote: »

Did it bite them and let them suffer and weaken for weeks before finally killing and eating them?

When it started making them watch fair city I knew it had gone too far.

zenno · 30-11-2013 06:32PM

Gatling wrote: »

Don't worry I'm sure secret's are safe on here

It's just strange in how you decided to turn this thread into an animal sex farm scenario. Quite odd indeed.

Gatling · 30-11-2013 06:37PM

zenno wrote: »

It's just strange in how you decided to turn this thread into an animal sex farm scenario. Quite odd indeed.

Unrequinted love and unconditional love for an animal over another human ,because there loyal and obidiant aka submissive
Animal sex farm no common fact people take there love for a pets to higher levels

Mint Aero · 30-11-2013 06:48PM

Kess73 wrote: »

There was a dead dog and the owner of the dog gave an interview to the Limerick Leader newspaper. Also the first letter to the paper was signed and that person came forward.

From what I remember about that incident the only anonymous letter was the one that was supposedly from a student who claimed to be present when the dog was killed, and who was saying that no students were at fault.

But the Facebook page took off well before the owner came forward, before anyone knew anything for a fact. Same with the horse thread. Maybe I did get the first letter being anonymous mixed up? Great journalism all round in that case.

What was the final outcome in that case? Because it really did blacken the students reputation for a short while

hedgehog2 · 30-11-2013 06:50PM

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I never understand this. Why are these particularly attractive qualities? These can be dangerous in humans never mind animals. Most cults and religious organisations are founded on these.

Because your an idiot

zenno · 30-11-2013 06:53PM

Gatling wrote: »

Unrequinted love and unconditional love for an animal over another human ,because there loyal and obidiant aka submissive
Animal sex farm no common fact people take there love for a pets to higher levels

Interesting philosophy, but what does it have in regards to the poor homeless feller that died a horrific death by burning ? It's not needed.

I hope the garda detectives find the sick twisted individual/individuals that done this, they sure as hell need to soon, who wants a twisted person like this wandering around and mingling with the public.

I'd personally save an animal first than I would for the person/scum that done this crime. But I am very aware that these scumbags are in the minority, and I also know that there are many real decent human beings out there, but for the particular scum that done this... I wouldn't throw them a line if they were drowning. But that's just my opinion.

UCDVet · 30-11-2013 06:57PM

HansHolzel wrote: »

Oh the luxury of your list-making.

Domesticated animals are only a narrow part of the animal kingdom.

Where did I say anything that would even remotely suggest otherwise?

Legs.Eleven · 30-11-2013 06:58PM

I absolutely agree, OP. I have no time for people who claim to care more about animals than humans. Was travelling with a German girl I met in a hostel who told me she'd have more sympathy for a homeless dog than an abandoned baby. I decided then was a good time to make an excuse so we could go our separate ways.

I just can't get my head round that mindset at all.

P.Walnuts · 30-11-2013 07:09PM

Gatling wrote: »

Unrequinted love and unconditional love for an animal over another human ,because there loyal and obidiant aka submissive
Animal sex farm no common fact people take there love for a pets to higher levels

Ha ha oh my

You are talking absolute sh*t

LOSTfan57 · 30-11-2013 07:11PM

I guessed who the OP was before I opened thread. Either he is really predictable or I really really really really need to get back to work........damn work

maggiepip · 30-11-2013 07:15PM

At least every effort will be made to find who committed such a terrible act on the homeless man -- and if found an appropriate prison sentance will be given. There seems to be rarely any appropriate punishment for animal cruelty.

zoomaway · 30-11-2013 07:25PM

nem

realies wrote: »

Why do some people care more about animals than humans ?

In the thread about the horse being set on fire the debate here is still ongoing,with rightly outrage against what happened,even though it has been reported that the poor horse was already dead.

In the thread about the very unfortunate homeless man who was set on fire and beaten the thread is barely causing a ripple.

My own opinion is that while the two incidents are very serious the murder of the human being should take huge preference over the horse.

This site is a spectrum of opinion - one site. Now that the man's death is a murder investigation hopefully it will get more coverage.
I think the real question is how this level of depravity has crept into our society and what can we as people do.
What kind of people take pleasure in these acts and how can they be stopped? I think people need to start seriously lobbying the government for much tougher penalties for crime.Ireland is becoming a very unpleasant place to live.

Clandestine · 30-11-2013 07:58PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, humans aren't more superior to any other living creature.

Seriously? We have so many things that mankind has accomplished... trips to foreign planets... mathematics.. philosophy... etc. and yet somehow they are not "more superior" than any other living creature? What has any other animal accomplished? Nothing of significance, that for sure. Humans are above and beyond all other creatures on this earth.

HansHolzel · 30-11-2013 08:09PM

The dolphins tried to warn the humans in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

LOSTfan57 · 30-11-2013 08:25PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Seriously? We have so many things that mankind has accomplished... trips to foreign planets... mathematics.. philosophy... etc. and yet somehow they are not "more superior" than any other living creature? What has any other animal accomplished? Nothing of significance, that for sure. Humans are above and beyond all other creatures on this earth.

so its grand to burn them?

looking_around · 30-11-2013 08:35PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Seriously? We have so many things that mankind has accomplished... trips to foreign planets... mathematics.. philosophy... etc. and yet somehow they are not "more superior" than any other living creature? What has any other animal accomplished? Nothing of significance, that for sure. Humans are above and beyond all other creatures on this earth.

And no other animal destroys life & land to the extent we do.

yep, we are superior :rolleyes:

btard · 30-11-2013 08:46PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Seriously? We have so many things that mankind has accomplished... trips to foreign planets... mathematics.. philosophy... etc. and yet somehow they are not "more superior" than any other living creature? What has any other animal accomplished? Nothing of significance, that for sure. Humans are above and beyond all other creatures on this earth.

...but can you lick your own balls like my dog can?

Clandestine · 30-11-2013 08:48PM

looking_around wrote: »

And no other animal destroys life & land to the extent we do.

yep, we are superior :rolleyes:

Humans also build and create infrastructure. Humans are still superior in many other regards.. we are not lesser because some corporations decide to cut down forests on a large scale.

Clandestine · 30-11-2013 08:50PM

LOSTfan57 wrote: »

so its grand to burn them?

For a laugh? Not at all in my opinion, but I don't think the loss of one horse is going to impact the species that badly in fairness.

If a human needs to kill an animal for food purposes I'm all for it however.

looking_around · 30-11-2013 08:58PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Humans also build and create infrastructure. Humans are still superior in many other regards.. we are not lesser because some corporations decide to cut down forests on a large scale.

Some animals have infrastructure.. ants & bees come to mind.

Just because we manage to create a world of things we 'need', that we never needed.
Does not makes us better.

Like I said we destroy more than any animal does, that's enough of a reason not to be considered superior.
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On OP topic, I would quicker save an animal than a humans life. If I had to pick between them. Human population is larger than most animals. Therefore meaning those animals need saving more than the human.
~shrugs~

Lou.m · 30-11-2013 08:59PM

What has one got to do with the other. It is fallacious to say that just because a person cares about one cause that they care not over an unrelated cause. The OP sounds like they are jealous over anything that gains sympathy except something that they can project themselves onto.

I care about many things. I care because I am emotional. I care about children about politics about social justice. I am one of those bores you all hate and the same people then moan about public apathy. I would not mind so much but these people do not volunteer for ANYTHING.

I volunteer at an animal shelter and occasionally the Simon community.

I often used to get ' Why do you volunteer more for animals then you do for the homeless?'

I responded with ..'well what do YOU volunteer for?' ... more often than not the answer was of course 'nothing'.

Volunteering for animal charities is very rejuvenating and I love it. People are harder and more emotionally draining I find. I still do volunteer for other charities but not as often.

I go to protests and participate in activism.

What does the OP do?

Clandestine · 30-11-2013 09:04PM

looking_around wrote: »

Some animals have infrastructure.. ants & bees come to mind.

Just because we manage to create a world of things we 'need', that we never needed.
Does not makes us better.

Like I said we destroy more than any animal does, that's enough of a reason not to be considered superior.
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On OP topic, I would quicker save an animal than a humans life. If I had to pick between them. Human population is larger than most animals. Therefore meaning those animals need saving more than the human.
~shrugs~

That's only one aspect of humanity like I've said before... regardless humans still outperform animals at nearly everything else.

Also, would you really save an animal over a human just because of the possibility that "there may be more of them"? Thats terrible logic and shows a lack of empathy in my opinion.

Why do people care more about animals than humans ?

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