Kate

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Feb 7, 2011
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Are you saying humans are worth more than dogs?
Not necessarily, no, I just find it remarkable how swiftly people will donate to help a dog, but ignore human causes.

Also, I would feel the same way if it were one child. Why does that one child get everyone to donate $27,000 for it to fly to another country for treatment? Just because it was in a heart-warming news story.
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,776
Don't know why, but I think I have a thing for Downs.
I'm sure there's a sex fetish site out there.

I remember once when I was working at a large Internet company that owned Webshots (a photo sharing site in the early days) for a while. They paid people to manually screen large amounts of images at once for any terms-of-service violations. I heard stories from those guys about all the people who were into amputee porn and the like. Some freaky shit is out there, and it's not just Germany.
 

Hængebøffer

Senior Member
Jun 4, 2009
25,185
I'm sure there's a sex fetish site out there.

I remember once when I was working at a large Internet company that owned Webshots (a photo sharing site in the early days) for a while. They paid people to manually screen large amounts of images at once for any terms-of-service violations. I heard stories from those guys about all the people who were into amputee porn and the like. Some freaky shit is out there, and it's not just Germany.
I know for a fact that @Nzoric knows these sites :lol:
 

Klin

نحن الروبوتات
May 27, 2009
61,692
Now don't act like this phenomenon doesn't exist. People will donate thousands of dollars to aid an injured pet, but an injured black kid without health insurance gets, "Tough luck...that's life in the big city."

A number of people treat animals with more respect and reverence than people. Many often do so out of some self-appointed psychological need to "defend the defenseless," whereas a six-year-old boy -- who ranks as a fellow human and with rights observed by a court system -- can get far less sympathy.

In other words, a lot of people rush to the defense of animals over people because they can personally claim a kind of "lordship" over them, whereas a fellow human being is a potential rival with rival rights and the capacity to hurt them, either physically, financially, or even emotionally. Hence they get much less sympathy, and sympathy is offered more readily to an entity (animals, etc.) that the person feels they can "control" and not feel threatened by.

This is the biggest dirty secret within the animal rights movement that no animal rights group will face up to.
it is the asme fallacy as violence against men compared to that against women, women just like animals are perceived as weak and susceptible to abuse and therefore should get more protection and highlight than violence against the traditional perpetrators: men. However, historically, no group has seen as much systematic abuse as men.
Not the point I was trying to make, but have to agree with both there.
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
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Are you saying humans are worth more than dogs?
Is this a legitimate question? Of course humans are worth more than dogs. And @Kate is spot on, for 27.000 bucks you can get 329076 liters of pure drinking water shipped to Syria or any other place where humans a dying from contaminated water and lack of fluids.
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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what grand scheme of things? dogs are pets, the only reason they even exist is to keep humans company or help with certain chores.

the extreme love for animals is simply a reaction to the extreme exploitation they have been subjected to, unfortunately most people feel safer in extremes where they can label and be labeled. It's not matter of worth but more a matter of fairness, what is fair treatment, and that is certainly different for animals, arguing otherwise is for fools.

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Is this a legitimate question? Of course humans are worth more than dogs. And @Kate is spot on, for 27.000 bucks you can get 329076 liters of pure drinking water shipped to Syria or any other place where humans a dying from contaminated water and lack of fluids.

how about a dog saves humans? and why are babies and kids "worth" more than adults? all matters of perception i'm afraid. But heres a good argument for you, which was inspired by the latest events here in the US, when is it "ok" to break rules/laws
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,877
how about a dog saves humans? and why are babies and kids "worth" more than adults? all matters of perception i'm afraid. But heres a good argument for you, which was inspired by the latest events here in the US, when is it "ok" to break rules/laws
Didn't know I was posting in the ASQ thread :p

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I know for a fact that @Nzoric knows these sites :lol:
:D .

Viral Poo Group on facebook is all you need to get your daily dosage of sick.
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
Never said it justified his idiocy. Just that abuse situations like that can often get far more public sympathy when it's an animal and not a human, which just seems wrong, IMO.

Physical abuses of people happen, and it's called "getting punk'd" and is fair entertainment in some circles. You have the same treatment given to an animal, and a large group of people will freak out of their minds and share it all over the Internet.

Given all the cruelty in the world, I find it odd that the stuff perpetrated on animals is what seems to get shared and highlighted more often.
:tup:
 

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