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Devils'Advocate · 08-03-2010, 03:24 AM

I'm not exactly sure why the Canadian senate needed to know this information:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/c...e/shelly-e.htm

But for that reason, I have no problem killing bugs that are annoying me. Mosquitos trying to bite me, ants destroying my garden, etc.. Moths and spiders I'll attempt to toss outside. But I have no moral objection to killing insects based on their inability to experience even the most basest form of suffering.

Now, that report says that the evidence is most robust for insects, but may extend to creatures like lobster. That "may extend" means that as a vegetarian, I won't eat lobster until their is concrete evidence that they cannot suffer pain.

08-03-2010, 03:24 AM	#4
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I'm not exactly sure why the Canadian senate needed to know this information: http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/c...e/shelly-e.htm But for that reason, I have no problem killing bugs that are annoying me. Mosquitos trying to bite me, ants destroying my garden, etc.. Moths and spiders I'll attempt to toss outside. But I have no moral objection to killing insects based on their inability to experience even the most basest form of suffering. Now, that report says that the evidence is most robust for insects, but may extend to creatures like lobster. That "may extend" means that as a vegetarian, I won't eat lobster until their is concrete evidence that they cannot suffer pain.