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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by nradov on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:14PM (#34023606)
Scuba diving around Monterey CA we sometimes observe sea lions killing mola molas (ocean sunfish) for sport. The sea lions bite the fins off but don't eat more than a couple bites, they just leave the crippled fish to sink to the bottom and slowly die. One time I saw about 10 half dead molas laying on the seafloor flopping around.

I do support the ban on shark finning, but we should recognize that other animals can be just as vicious and destructive when they get a chance.

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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by TedDoesntTalk on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:37PM (#34023773)
That does not justify our behavior when we can embody compassion, empathy, sympathy, ethics, and morals. I don’t know if sea lions developed those capabilities.
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Re:Congress passes legislation to end US participation in gl... by KMag on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:08PM (#34024529)
I fully agree.

In addition, to those who seem to feel we should extend compassion to creatures based on the degree to which they appear to extend compassion to other creatures... that would imply that to maximize the amount of compassion that should be extended to us, we should strive to extend as much compassion as possible to other creatures.

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