Cat cooking video- response to it angers me. Why do we care so little for human life?

[LordJezo]

Okay.. I have had enough of this animal rights BS. I was just reading an article over at Wired about a cat cooking video over at Stileproject and the responses people have had to it are outraging me. This one in particular sent me over the edge:

"I can watch anything you post. But I can't make it through the cat thing," wrote another. "I can watch humans get ripped apart, shot, mangled, castrated.... But I can't watch a cat get beat to death or ... whatever the rest of that thing is...."

Why do people think like this?!!? Since when do we hold human death below that of an animal? Now don't get me wrong, I am not a person that feels the need to harm animals, but why is it acceptable in today's society to blow off a man's head with a shotgun but not to eat meat?

Another example:
I have a Asian shock movie named Rikky-O: The Story of Ricky. It is a horribly violent movie but the only part that the people who I watched it with got offended was when a dog was killed.

I feel that we have become to desensitized to our own kind. I feel that human life should be held above all others. We need to look out for our own kind.

If we were in the jungle a tiger would not think twice about eating us. He wouldn't stop and say "You know, I should just go eat a plant." We are all animals and we have to remember that. We made it to the top of the food chain and thus we should accept this.


I forget who said it but I agree when he said that if hooking a monkey's brain to a car battery would give us the cure for AIDS, I am all for it. Millions of human lives are worth more to me, and should be to everyone, then that of an animal.

Thank you for reading.

 

[iamwiz82]

i totally agree. In Boondock Saints, the most appalling part to most people is when the cat gets shot, yet the rest of the movie has graphic violence. Personally, i dont think animals deserve the protection they get. You can kill a dog and get a stiffer punishment than if you kill a human. PETA IS SUCK!

 

[Descartes]

The fact that the cat was hit twice over the head was absurd. Why couldn't he just have made it a quick death? The reason we so often sympathize with the death of animals, is that they have little to no means to protect themselves (this largely depends on the animal, but none I know wield guns).

 

[vektor]

Hmmm..... I would say that most people do not enjoy seeing humans or animals ripped apart, or bashed on the head.Im all for human advancement, although I feel that we can not advance as a people if we are savage. I also feel that most animal experimentation is inhumane.So Ill have to dissagree with you on that point.

 

[KBrinks]

maybe if ther were movies out there called "saving privet kitty" that showed tons and tons of cats blowing up, society would be able to adapt to watching cats be fryed up...

b/c i you htink about it.. i had on problem watching people get shot in SPR... yet if i saw a cat get shot i would feel so bad... werid huh

 

[yakko]

<< I forget who said it but I agree when he said that if hooking a monkey's brain to a car battery would give us the cure for AIDS, I am all for it. >>

I think the original qoute went like this. "If hooking a monkey up to a battery will find a cure for cancer all I have to say is red is positve and black is negative"

 

[LordJezo]

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<< I forget who said it but I agree when he said that if hooking a monkey's brain to a car battery would give us the cure for AIDS, I am all for it. >>

I think the original qoute went like this. "If hooking a monkey up to a battery will find a cure for cancer all I have to say is red is positve and black is negative" >>



Well it?s the principle behind it...

 

[hungrypete]

saving private kitty, ROFL

 

[Geekbabe]

Part of the problem here is that in the USA we regard cats as pets,not food. I have two cats and look upon them as my responsibilty,they are dependant on me for everything,a responsibilty I tke seriously.

As far as animal research to benefit humans goes,I have no problem with *ETHICAL* research,done in ways which keeps the suffering of research animals to a minium and is truly for a worthy goal-a promising cancer treatment is worthy,
blinding a million rabbits so I can wear the latest and greatest mascara is not.

 

[DamienVorlion]

If it were killed for the fun of it, rather than for necessity, I would have a problem with it. Don't know why though, cats kill other animals for the sport of it, even if they are not hungry. Maybe it has something to do with humans being rational and animals acting on impulse.

 

[StageLeft]

We see so much violence against people on TV that we are desentized to an extent.

The reason we so often sympathize with the death of animals, is that they have little to no means to protect themselves (this largely depends on the animal, but none I know wield guns).

Yep. To an animal they have no idea what is coming. Its just quite nasty.

"I can watch humans get ripped apart, shot, mangled, castrated....

I think this person means they can watch that on a movie. I personally find torture of humans in real life far more disturbing than that of animals, but when it comes to movies I also get particularly upset when animals die because of their absolute and total innocense.

 

[natto fire]

probably because a lot of people like myself just look at some people with disgust. i would say it is safe to bet that 1/3 to 1/2 of the human population is a disgusting, stupid, lying, cheating, worthless, waste of space. not that animals do much more but they don't annoy me as much.

 

[mithrandir2001]

The responses could have been made from some "cat people". I have a kitty and she's like a little child. I go out of my way to make sure the cat's needs are met and it is happy...as if it were royalty or something. If I'm trying to get inside the house and kitty's lying right in front of the living room door, I will walk around to use the back entrance so that I don't disturb her. Sometimes I've left work during the day to go home and open the windows after a storm because kitty likes to sit on the windowsills and she hates when the house is all shuttered up. Strange behavior, possibility, but cats can do it to you. I saw that Kick the Cat flash game and found it revolting, even though it was just a game.

 

[StageLeft]

An estimated 200 Beijing families report their cats stolen a month. Mostly, the missing kitties are sold to wholesale markets for about $3 each. To eat.

If somebody took my cat and ate it I would react adversely.

i would say it is safe to bet that 1/3 to 1/2 of the human population is a disgusting, stupid, lying, cheating, worthless, waste of space

Yeah I would say those numbers are about right. So many people are painfully unaware of themselves and uncritical of their lives. They go through it mindlesslly looking for any way they can one-up their peers, regardless of means or consequences.

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

I can't argue with you, although I will say that I have a hard time watching people get hurt too. I can't watch Trauma: Life in the ER because I can't stand to see how badly people are messed up. I saw a video clip of some guy committing suicide (he was some County Commissioner or something and had been convicted of some crime and was holding a press conference before going to prison), and I was haunted for weeks by the image.

I think one of the reasons we get so upset by seeing animals hurt is that we tend to look on them as dumber than us, less able to protect themselves against us and really, what could a cat do to a human that would justify killing it painfully and slowly? I'm not saying the evil humans do to each other justifies killing either, but it's probably easier to make the case that someone "deserved" it - you can't say the same about an animal.

I read a while ago that there was some research done on why babies of all species seem to inspire such protectiveness in most people; I'm not going to phrase this correctly, but the idea was that babies have larger eyes and heads to make them seem vulnerable and cute so that they'll be taken care of by adults. I think some of that extends to animals too - you can watch a dog get shot and think how awful it is, but see a puppy get shot and you're furious.

There is a certain level of desensitization, definitely. When movies like Halloween first came out, I remember not being able to watch people getting killed, even knowing it wasn't real. Now, it's not such a big deal to see movies like that, and to see people getting killed much more graphically.

 

[StageLeft]

I saw a video clip of some guy committing suicide (he was some County Commissioner or something and had been convicted of some crime and was holding a press conference before going to prison), and I was haunted for weeks by the image.



I was with friends in residence one night and we saw that. We also found various other images from police files, some of which were taken by murderers as they were playing with their victim's bodies and the police later got the photos. Very disturbing. I feel that in some ways these things are good for me to watch because they show me more of human nature but I don' t like what I see.

If people were exposed to the right stimuli there would be far less crazy heartless assholes doing stuff like this.

 

[LordJezo]

<< As far as animal research to benefit humans goes,I have no problem with *ETHICAL* research,done in ways which keeps the suffering of research animals to a minium and is truly for a worthy goal-a promising cancer treatment is worthy,
blinding a million rabbits so I can wear the latest and greatest mascara is not. >>



I agree with you on that. I have nothing against animal testing that will help me as a human person but as you said, using animals for things such as makeup is unacceptable.

But as was said.. cats are viewed here in America as cute. We eat cows. In certain Asian countries cows are looked upon as godlike. It is all a matter of culture. We view insects as "icky" other places view them as delicious foods. We can't get all high on ourselves just because we are American. There is more to the world then just us.

 

[Dood]

P.E.T.A. = "People Eating Tasty Animals"

 

[loosbrew]

people are as disposable as cats. stray and farel cats are some fo the most worthless animals in america. that doesnt i agree with cruelty, but i have no simpathy for destroying stray cats. or humans that refuse to be any other than trash. people like the KKK and people who kill for thier religion should be put downas much as a diseased cat should. everyone is so one sided about things it doesnt make sense. theres always grey areas in every philosiphy so you cant give me this people rule animals suck sh!t.

loosbrew

edited for a better choice of words.