What would you do?

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Hi

 

I am wondering what some of you would do in certain situations.

 

I mean we don't eat honey(I don't) because it kills bees but I would

certainly kill head lice if my son were to get it. Also I would kill

roaches.

I guess I feel like these things if I were to let go, would eventually ruin

my life so I am placing myself as more important than these living

creatures.

 

But I don't agree with animal testing for medical research. And what about

taking medication that would save my life but had animal ingredients? What

would I do, I'm not sure.

 

I don't exactly know where I am going with all of this but not eating honey

always makes me think of these things.

 

There is absolutely no reason for me to eat honey so I won't to it and if I

were to get roaches or lice ant there were a humane way to get rid of the

problem , then I would do that as well but there is not and I doubt there

ever will be as even the methods which get rid of both of these pests are

not alway effective blah blah blah.

 

Ok I'm done.

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Toni,

 

I guess my answer to your question about 'to kill or not to kill' is

as complex as the problem.

 

In my own life, if I can avoid killing I do. But, there are times

when I simply can't.

For instance, I will catch and release spiders and flies if I find

them in my house. But, fleas - well, I have two dogs and three

cats. I can't live with fleas. They are bothersome to both my

animals and my sensibilities (and often carry disease). So, for

fleas I must make an exception.

 

We recently had a carpenter ant infestation. (Being from Colorado,

I didn't know what they were and was simply picking up each one I

found and taking it outside. That is, until a friend told me what

they were and that they were nesting somewhere in my house.)

I read everything I could find on safe, chemical-free, and humane

ways to rid my home of these not-so-little guys - but, each piece of

research revealed only one effective way to get them to move out --

they had to be killed by a professional.

So... I felt I had no choice. I couldn't live with big, black ants

eating away at the interior of our walls. Here, as with a flea

situation, I felt I had to come first.

 

I admit, I saw an ant on the bathroom floor convulsing and knew it

was from the poison and I felt huge amounts of guilt. I cried all

evening about that suffering ant.

Thank goodness my husband is the kind of wonderful guy who is

understanding and compassionate.

 

On the other hand, my Rheumatologist recently prescribed an

anti-inflammatory, Celebrex, for my arthritis. I did some research

and found that this product is manufactured by Monsanto.

The company doesn't just test on animals (to which I'm opposed), but

it is also engaged in other unethical practices, such as the

engineering of genetically modified foods. (You know, the tomatoes'

genes spliced with cold water fish DNA so vegetarians can't eat

tomatoes in good conscious, kind of baloney?)

Anyway, I refused to take it. I told my Rheumatologist (who thinks

I'm crazy anyway because I take herbal supplements and believe in

acupuncture) and he just shook his head. But, he HAD to come up

with something else because I wouldn't budge.

 

It's a difficult decision about where to draw the line. I think

each person has a different threshold of what they can and will not

do to stay within their own ethics.

It's all very personal.

 

So, yet another looooong winded response to a simple question.

I hope I'm not making a bad impression here!!!!

(Thanks again, Holiday, for being so friendly!)

 

Suzy

 

suzy

http://sgsikora.homepage.com

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