I'm too angry and drunk for this. :(
Originally Posted by
ynvaser
^Or you could look at the potential benefits the human race gets by keeping pandas alive. We could breed/clone pandas, buffing their numbers, then feed them to starving African children. We could also support the fashion industry with potentially limitless panda fur mittens. Or even better yet, equip them with cannons and jet engines, then ride them into battle. The possibilities are seemingly endless.
Tourism, selling to zoos, using in zoos and preventing us from feeling sad or guilty are all sorta benefits. And again I feel like 'benefits' is a meaningless word of you can only ever apply it to your own species. Why do other humans matter to you while panders are just mitten fodder. It's not like the part of humanity which is paying for the Pandas makes much of an impact on your life (of the sort which paying for pandas would remove). How do we measure benefit and why are we the only species which benefit can apply to?
And yeah, having bullshit to talk about is less boring than just accepting that moral hippy shit like this is stupid and not talking about anything. It's not like arguing with a vegetarian and an edgy high school kid who probably should never have been made an Lmod is too taxing on your time or sanity. If Mintcat had nothing to say then you would have nothing to criticise (if we remove my failing influence on the discussion).
And Mintcat, we haven't had many 'decent' threads recently so I would appreciate it if you didn't close this in case it can be picked up again in the future. There is always stuff left to discuss.
Last edited by Zelda; Apr 11, 2015 at 11:48 PM.