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Originally posted by juju
What do you mean, sad? Sad that I lack compassion for animals? Or sad that I'm selfish?
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Both...
What I'm saying is that I think it's particularly unenlightened of people when given the choice between:
A) Me = gets 99 widgets and Something else = doesn't suffer
and
B) Me = gets 100 widgets and Something else = suffers a lot
to simply choose B based on a "what's it to me?" argument.
Of course selfishness is important. Humans always have their self-interest in mind. However, if selfishness is the only measure of the worth of something, that is "sad".
Your milage may vary.