| Current location: | Vault-13 |
| Current mood: |  contemplative |
| Current music: | Walter Carlon - Theme music from A Clockwork Orange |
The lions are getting hungry
"You know, Von, killing people is just wrong."
"So we should never have intervened in WW2 and just let the Nazis take over the world?"
"Ok well sometimes you have no choice. If you have no choice then that's different."
"We had a choice. We could have just sat by and let millions die, just like we did in Rawanda. Just like you have a choice when you decide to eat a steak instead of a salad."
"Cows aren't the same as people. That's different."
"Why? A cow is bigger than a person. A cow contains a lot more living cells than a human being. Killing a cow is, in terms of biomass, a lot more death than just bumping off a single human being."
"But cows aren't intelligent like we are. They're just animals. That's different."
"Ahhh so the killing of less intelligent organisms is ok. Alright, let's start purging all the retards, underachievers, drop outs and Down Syndrome kids in gas chambers, then. After all, they're not as smart as you or me. Or at least me."
"But they're human beings! That's different!"
"So a human being that dumber than a pig still has more right to live than a pig does because it's a human being? So the real issue is really just killing outside your own species, is that it?"
"Well it's wrong to needlessly kill a member of your own species. That's different."
"So if a human kills a citizen of this planet who's not a member of the human race then that's ok?"
"Yes, that's fine. That's different."
"Well then by that reasoning then the reverse would also be true. After all, lions eat anterlopes, owls eat mice and sharks eat pretty much anything they can find. Even humans are preyed upon by various diseases and microbes of all kinds. Is that fair?"
"Well yeah, I guess so, that's how nature works, after all."
"Good. Now watch what happens when I pull this lever."
*splash*
"Aiigh!"
"Welcome to my shark tank. But don't worry, I'm not the one killing you, the shark is. It's perfectly fair, after all. Struggle all you want but the superior species will win in the end. Because if it is just a shark that kills you and not me, well, that's different."
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