Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law

Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by ramblerman on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:07AM (#29304000)

> Evil men will do evil deeds but to get a good man to do evil deeds takes religion.

I'm kind of surprised that this is a dillema for you. I.e. that you would rather watch the pets under your care, potentially in a confinement you placed them in get eaten up by mites, than intervene.

And that the driving force for that inaction is somehow compassion. It sounds more like confusion.

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Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by emptysongglass on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:23AM (#29304092)

This is uncharitable. I wouldn't rather. I (myself, as I am now) would rather save them from suffering.

There are thousands of years of analysis by Buddhist theologians on these and other subjects. One critique against intervention is by denying or cutting short the acute suffering of another one denies that being's opportunity to learn the truth of their experience: that what is suffering is independent of a lasting self and temporal.

I do not subscribe wholesale to beliefs because they are believed. The Buddha himself encouraged such critical analysis for oneself. And other religions do the same, though they are often passed over for what is easier: unthinking adherence. From the Quran, "reflect; you have vision."

I am not perfect and I am not blameless. My conflict is a thing I must clarify. Its resolution is wisdom.

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Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by stjohnswarts on Monday November 22, 2021 @06:27AM (#29305240)

Animals don't learn anything suffering from mites and other parasites.

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