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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I'm going to make an analogy to respond to your dismissal of his analogy that was analogous to the analogy offered by Bring Back Shantz.
"I shot my wife, and that prevented her from dying by emphysema, which is way worse than a bullet that kills instantly".
It is a flawed arrangement and believe me, committing violence and then presenting this kind of an excuse (I hit him with the bat so he wouldn't get a heart attack while having sex with my ex-girlfriend, for example) doesn't wash with either the police or the judges in town.
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I don't want to derail this thread onto the topic of mercy killing, but a human killing a human is significantly different than a human killing an animal to sustain their life. Humans are on the same level as each other on the food chain. Animals are lower. I will agree that animals have rights not to be treated cruely, but animals do not have the same 'rights' as humans. It's a very, very different situation.