I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here.
- Who would you save between your cat and your worst enemy?
- What if it was between your cat and a stranger?
- Why?
I’m going out on a limb and say the person, but only because my present cat is young and healthy and a cat, so there’s a 99% chance she’ll save herself if I just get out of her way, and if I try she’ll just have to hurt me first before taking care of herself.
The stupid human I would probably prevent from dying, although I wouldn’t work too hard at minimizing their pain.
There’s only one person I’d pick over my cat, so, sorry guys.
I would save YOUR cat before my worst enemy, and I don’t even like cats. Is that bad?
My cat. There are plenty of moral and ethical arguments to say I’m wrong about this, but still - cat.
People have gotten weird about animals over the years. I adore my cat, don’t get me wrong, and would do everything in my power to save them, but like, it is still an animal at the end of the day.
In scenario one I can see saying cat if you actually wanted your worst enemy to die. Like, if you were fine with killing them without the cat in the balance, then yeah, of course.
But otherwise it’s the person, right? Animals have lower moral value than people, right? I mean, I’d be curious what percentage of people saying that they’d save their cat are vegetarian/vegan?
Theres a pretty short list of people I would like to see dead… trump, putin,un,mcconnell for examples… my dog definitely deserves life over those pathetic excuses for human beings
When we really consider who our worst enemies actually the question becomes simpler. Mitch McConnell is the first example that came to mind for me.
Yeah, my worst enemies are all people I consider threats to humanity and/or the planet so a scenario where I passively allowed one of them to die as a side effect of saving my cat is a dream scenario.
Even better would be if saving my cat caused multiple enemies to die.
I have a dog, so I’ll apply that.
- Dog.
- Dog.
- In scenario 1, I not only have a good reason to save my dog, but also let my worst enemy die. In scenario 2 it’s more complicated, but my dog trusts me, and the stranger has no such expectations (I hope). Lastly, for both cases, there’s no way to regret death. They won’t be able to care. Humans can also much better understand the current situation than a dog/cat.
Cats have 9 lives, so saving them just save one of their lives. But there are people in this word who’s death means happiness of millions and saved live of thousands. Why would I want to save such person?
Saving cat is just a bonus. And I would still do that.
- My thrift store dollar bin reject rescue cats without a moment’s hesitation
- Cats
- I promised my cats I would care for them all their days
My wife > dogs > myself.
List stops there.
My cats are my family, so they have priority over most humans. This would only be a tough situation if it were between my cats and my best friend because I consider her to be family too. But, in that case, I would say screw the “you can only save one” mentality, I’d become like a mom who can lift a car off her baby, and somehow save them all.
What is the definition of my worst enemy? Can I just declare e.g. Putin to be my mortal foe?
If it has to be somebody I have met so far, I will rather save a human than a cat
Why, because a human has more potential to effect the world, has an understanding of death and therefore the worse time dying and in the interest of a species your should allways priotize members of your own species
Kind of curious who your enemies are, OP.
The ones I haven’t met personally are causing the deaths of millions of people.
The ones I have met personally are rapists and child abusers.
Would you save those kinds of people instead of saving a cat to whom you have a duty of care?
Got you one better, where tf do you meet these people? I know there are a bunch of em’, but I’m not in these circles and don’t plan to be, thus I don’t know any.
Not OP, but how I know someone so despicable:
He was 30 when he raped my 13 year old best friend and when he got out of prison, continued dating her piece of shit mom instead of fucking off. I’d sooner throw him into a burning building than save him from one.
They are not in special “circles” - they are unfortunately distributed through society. You’ve probably met a couple without realizing.
The only ways of knowing who they are is if you are either told about them by their victims, or are victimized yourself; or if they are convicted of their crimes.
I have no enemies
My cats are extremely cute and my enemies are extremely bad people.
