This is ridiculous. Your logic is that if an animal seems 'nicer' than someone you hate, they are a 'higher form of life'?
First of all, I'm sure your stepfather can be an asshole, but do you know the type of shit he may have been through in his life? Maybe none, maybe a lot, but you don't know, do you? You shouldn't hate him even if he seems like an asshole, he's only human.
Secondly, animals are not good or bad, they are instinctual, they are nice when they're rewarded and not nice when they're not rewarded. They have no sense of morality or even decision making beyond eating, drinking, sleeping, finding shelter/warmth and reproducing.
Sure animals are less high maintenance than people, but that's because they aren't capable of speech or argument for that matter. You can't compare the two species, they are fundamentally different.
That isn't my logic. My logic is that a pet who enriches peoples' lives is much more significant to me and others compared to a human being who solely lives for himself.
Obviously, even the most stupidest people are more mentally capable then the most smartest animals, but my point with the " higher form of life " thing, is that I consider my dog to be more deserving and significant then my stepfather is.
My stepfather doesn't seem like an asshole. He IS an asshole. I wouldn't hate him if he was an asshole and kept me out of it, but he got me involved with his nonsense so many times that it's just natural for me to exhibit resentment towards him.
I posted this poll to see if there are other people who are like I am. I honestly don't feel...good about viewing some people as less then human beings, but because of their selfishness and uselessness, I really can't help but look down on them alot.
animals, if abused from a very young age, will not bite back at an owner, no matter how torturous, get your head on straight, whens the last time you saw a Golden Retriever group up with a few other dogs and slash someones tires, go into their house in the middle of the night and shit in their ficus and even some hanging plants?
Nope, never happened, because animals are decent people.
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This is ridiculous. Your logic is that if an animal seems 'nicer' than someone you hate, they are a 'higher form of life'?
First of all, I'm sure your stepfather can be an asshole, but do you know the type of shit he may have been through in his life? Maybe none, maybe a lot, but you don't know, do you? You shouldn't hate him even if he seems like an asshole, he's only human.
Secondly, animals are not good or bad, they are instinctual, they are nice when they're rewarded and not nice when they're not rewarded. They have no sense of morality or even decision making beyond eating, drinking, sleeping, finding shelter/warmth and reproducing.
Sure animals are less high maintenance than people, but that's because they aren't capable of speech or argument for that matter. You can't compare the two species, they are fundamentally different.
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That isn't my logic. My logic is that a pet who enriches peoples' lives is much more significant to me and others compared to a human being who solely lives for himself.
Obviously, even the most stupidest people are more mentally capable then the most smartest animals, but my point with the " higher form of life " thing, is that I consider my dog to be more deserving and significant then my stepfather is.
My stepfather doesn't seem like an asshole. He IS an asshole. I wouldn't hate him if he was an asshole and kept me out of it, but he got me involved with his nonsense so many times that it's just natural for me to exhibit resentment towards him.
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Fair enough, but then I don't see the problem, or the point of asking this question?
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I posted this poll to see if there are other people who are like I am. I honestly don't feel...good about viewing some people as less then human beings, but because of their selfishness and uselessness, I really can't help but look down on them alot.
animals, if abused from a very young age, will not bite back at an owner, no matter how torturous, get your head on straight, whens the last time you saw a Golden Retriever group up with a few other dogs and slash someones tires, go into their house in the middle of the night and shit in their ficus and even some hanging plants?
Nope, never happened, because animals are decent people.