Re:MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection
by lucideer on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:57AM
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Humans are known to have empathic behaviour, yet can also be extremely cruel. Are you suggesting we should therefore take a regressive approach to societal development and do our best to mimic dolphin cruelty?
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Re:MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection
by cranekam on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:24PM
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No, because that’s ridiculous. There are humans that can be cruel but I’m not saying humanity should mimic this. I’m saying that humans are much more developed than animals and can do better. Just because there are outliers that doesn’t mean the notion is invalid.
Re:MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection
by kalium-xyz on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:57PM
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I don't think that would result in a better society but I think I can be convinced. We could instead also uphold the dolphins to our standards and give them the same rights and responsibility as any human. I would love to live in a world where we made dolphins pay tax.