Quote Originally Posted by Anaisa
To only have feeling for your own species is just callous.
I believe that animals are on Earth for the sole purpose of being utilized by humans. If seals in Norway are most appropriately utilized when they are being exterminated by tourists, then I don't feel like arguing.

I mean, what good is it to just have a bunch of seals lying around, wasting time on an icy beach? Huh? We could probably find a way to grow grass there, throw down some cows, and get some good beef out of the deal. I think somebody already said that seals were inedible.

Well, sheesh! What good are they then?


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Okay, so a lot of that was angry and semi-sarcastic. But I really don't think that you have a point. Callousness? Right. Again, I kill cows and pigs and I sell their meat. I mount their horns on mantlepieces and sell the skulls on ebay.
I do believe that the life of a human is worth far more than that of a seal. I mean, lot's of humans are stupid, but seals are still dumber. And more useless except for looking cute in some icy wasteland that I never plan to visit.

Again, there is nobody who will order the death of these seals for NO reason. So there's a purpose. I am confident in this. And that reason is probably more important than the lives of some seals. (No matter how "cute" or alive or helpless they are. Since when is helplessness a desirable trait anyway.)