I pity an insects... I could not killed it! I am normal?

Philippines
July 24, 2009 6:44am CST
I pity almost everything that have life, although I food made from animals. I observe myself that I could not eat animals such as chicken, duck or any animals that I have raised and feed on my backyard. My family sold them and killed them for consumption as a food every time their a festivities. I could not swallow or worse eat them. My brother laugh at me, even an insect I pity.I could not crushed or killed them. With so much respect in life. I pity them and I think they have family too and maybe have feeling too, like us humans. I am normal despite having this kind of feelings as long as the animals or insects do not hurt me. I refuse to harm them. Do you feel pity to animals and insects? Is this normal? Have you ever experience this? Isn't it very funny?
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17 responses
• Indonesia
24 Jul 09
Same with me! sometimes I wonder if I'm normal or not. but I sill can eat animals,,hehe.. I think every creature have the rights to life and I don't kill them if they're not disturb me. I just try to make them out of my room or ignore them. But I kill mosquito because it can make me and my family sick. I think it's normal. I even wonder if things like bed, pc or doll has feeling too so I treat them nicely,,hahaha^^,, If you say you're not normal then I'm more not normal than you!
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
I am happy i got companion..well joking aside..I do feel pity over insects but i hate cockroaches, mosquitoes and flies..my brother killed them..Maybe Disney movies have a great impact on me..I love watching it..but truly if animals can only speak i know they know feelings and being hurt..
@anetteh (3590)
• Sweden
24 Jul 09
God day neelianoscet, I hate insects, like beez and spiders...beez I can cut of without no exeptions but only becouse I am allergic to them. However we have a hearsaying that if you kill a spider it will rains tomorrow and I am a bit supersticious so I rather stay out of the spiders eye and let it out somewhere els...I live in the part of the world, whre we do not have poisioned spiders so there is no harm in put them in a basket and put them some where els...
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• Philippines
27 Jul 09
I think i am bit weird. But I really pity even a drowning insects such as ants I will save them. I do pity spiders, grasshopper, butterflies, ants, fireflies and many more. I think they are wonderful creatures of God. of, course their are pest, i do hate them if they hurt me. But, as of the moment as long as they do not bother i let them live on their own. Whatever makes them happy...
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
30 Jul 09
Awww. you have a very soft heart for these little critters. I do not want to raise any animals and eat them either. I start thinking that they are my pet and I could never eat my pet.
• Philippines
31 Jul 09
Yeah, it is a pity really to raise animals and then killed to be eaten. Somehow, i develop strong bonding every time i see them. I treat them good and they are nice to me..Somehow i could not force myself to eat something which i see everyday and suffer a terrible pain..
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
5 Aug 09
Yes, that is very normal. That's just being human. I could not also eat the chicken that I have raised from chicks. They were living on our garage (our old house's garage had soil and not cement) They were starting to be very messy with business and they were getting big. I also had names for them. My parents were saying that they were going to kill the chickens since they were starting to be a problem. I was always refusing to let them. But when the day finally came, they were tactful enough that they did it while I was asleep. The next I saw of them was on the lunch table. I did not eat a piece of it. They were my pets and considered to be a part of the family. Maybe that is how you see them as well, thats why you feel deeply for them.
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
Yes, I do know what you mean. You care for them and treat them like family. They also see you as family and it would be like eating one of your own family if you eat them, right?
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
they each have their own ways huh?^_^
• Philippines
27 Aug 09
yeah, they recognize me and even have their own ways of getting my attention by making their own animals sounds..it is funny being recognize..
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@srganesh (6340)
• India
27 Jul 09
That is a great quality for a human mind to feel the same with insects too.But man has started eating animals and that is why he is rearing some animals and birds.Otherwise he won't care about the ducks and goats.Even I drive away some insects which happens to trespass my room and don't want to kill them.But I am cruel to the extent of using mosquito repellents.Cheers!
@srganesh (6340)
• India
27 Jul 09
I can understand your feelings.Getting meat from outside and cooking for eating is completely different from rearing chicken or goat or duck and consuming them.Well,we develop some bond to them as we play with them and hence the pain.I would like to ask you one thing,have you ever felt sorrow for eating chicken outside in a restaurant too?
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Animals lives need to be sacrificed for the survival of human lives. But, when you become close to them and you feed or care for them. You will pity them if they got killed. Somehow, they are killed for consumption. But, man could live even not eating meat. They are really raise to be carnivores. Some are vegetarian. They could live longer than meat eaters. somehow, the very root causes of pity is out of respect for life...
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• Philippines
27 Jul 09
I feel pity to them. However, i do not see them being killed in front of me. I just pray for their souls before eating them. I do eat them for man survival and hopefully they could forgive me for eating them.I have no control over the cook who kill them as they profit from it. business as usual..
@kevchua (1004)
• Malaysia
24 Jul 09
You're a normal person, neelianoscet :) In fact, people like you are almost non-existent now. Although we kill for food, there are many who kill for fun - to get lots of money. These people are poachers; they won't stop. That's really bad. You love animals and all living beings, and that is why you find it really hard to hurt even a fly. So, you're normal, don't worry about it.
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• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Thanks, I really pity insects especially when my brother caught them, and I even tell him to stop killing it as it do no harm. But, he get fun out of it. I do pity animals that have been raise by my family and I even feed them. They are like my pets as they recognize me. Although, it sounds funny, even it is not a dog, or cats, like simply a chicken, duck or birds. I have compassion for them. maybe i eat meat if it is delicious but not the animals that are raised in my backyard. I hate to see them being killed for food. But, I have no control over it.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
26 Jul 09
I have a problem with flies, roaches and other vermin and germ carrying things but I don't go round killing every creepy crawly around the place indiscriminately. I have no problem with spiders or snakes. Like you, I could not eat anything from my back yard. If I catch a fish, I have to let it swim away. I can't kill it and eat it.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
me too, when they are in excessive and in extreme cases they brought epidemics. They must be killed to protect our lives. But, some insects have values that is why they are created they have their good purposes. they keep the balance in our ecological system...
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Me I can't kill ants, when I got to kill them that is intentional. I hold the value of ants which they are hardworking, the save for the rainy days, why would I kill them? However, I can kill flies, cockroaches, and other insects. About you, I think you jus thold on to your believes, that every creature God created are important , you respect them and gvie them a chance to live. YOu are still normal but have your own believe. For sure you are not the only one having that kind of believe. There is no problem with that, but sometimes or we must protect ourselves from some insects and mosquitoes that can cause us harm. We have no choice but to hurt them.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Ants are really very productive and industrious insects they never stop finding and storing food. They may be little but they know the values of work. Some insects are bad, but not all. Other have their own valuable contributions to the environments. Such as butterflies, caterpillars, silkworm, spiders and other insects. Animals such as birds are spreading seeds to make a forest and other wild animals have values too, that is why they are endangered and exotic animals that are being protected. They have their own purposes and the reason why God created them...
@derek_a (10873)
25 Jul 09
I know how you feel, I won't kill anything unless by accident I tread on an insect. But I never like doing this. Zen Buddhist monks have the same attitude as it is in the precepts for no killing. And that means every living thing. YOu are a very compassionate person. - Derek
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
I am happy seeing life, everything that is created by God. I truly wonder and love His works.. truly amazing and a feast to the eyes! I respect them, and I mean as long as i live I do not like to harm them as long as they do not harm me..thanks
• Mexico
25 Jul 09
First of all i want to say.That your are totally normal.Different people have different choices.Some like non veg some like veg.If i started to say veg people are mad,then its not done.Its there choices and my choices too.I also sometimes cant kill a little ant(until its not biting me )
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
It is alright to live and we should not take their life as long as they do not hurt them. But, their is really a times when we got to kill them by accidents. Sush as we bump then unintentionally or crushed them with our shoes. finally, respect for life is all the reasons why i feel pity on insects, animals ..whatever that have life
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
it is normal..but i used to eat them..hehe, we have different opinions when it comes to that but as with you, it is just normal, as you said, you pity them because like human they have their family and if those insects or animals did not harm you, of course, why would you kill them..but i know some people who are really brutal..they are happy ones they saw animals are dying, i have this relative, he was driving and a dog was crossing the street and BOOM!, the dog was hit by our car, and the worst thing was, that relative of mine "LAUGH" when the dog was crying for his life..and i did get exasperated with that laugh..the ones that are pity are those people like my relative..haha, anyways, back to the topic, i kill insects, especially MOSQUITOES..!haha, no mercy for mosquitoes..^_^
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
In my country their are people who are cruel to animals. Like they love to eat dogs and even children like to hurt little kittens. Some have a very weird appetite. Especially those who live in mountain top. They like to eat dogs as eating them make them feel warm. This are they beliefs. I do not agree with them. I feel pity to all dogs who are been good to man and yet they are being butcher. Their are really people who make fun of animals seeing them hurt or somehow they feel glorify seeing them in extreme pain. About, mosquitoes, of course i do hate them. But, not all insects, they have value to and that is why they are here...
@machizmo (279)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I think it is kinda to have pity on some insects but pests that never are under control and torment people I do not have pity on. If you get bitten enough by mosquitoes and ticks and chiggers. You will see no all insects are so kind.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Of course i hate mosquitoes, flies and bad insects. But, not all insects. Some are kind to the environments and I think they have special purposes that is why they are part of the environment.
@pk5622 (11)
• China
24 Jul 09
it is very interesting.but the same to me.because i am very like animals,in spite of my father does not likes it.my home feed on two dogs and a cat.i have been together for 13 years with them.i am very happily.
• Japan
24 Jul 09
you are normal, if you're girl, girls should afraid of insects, let alone killing them. my best friend is also a real vegetarian, when we eat together, he refuse any meat, but chinese food are very delicious without meat, salad and high energy, i don't eat beef and turkey very much. though i often kill insects in childhood, i hate killing anime and insects now, maybe a lot of killing aroused my pity, i felt so sick, give up evil and return to good:) still so many human are killing anime in earth,because of human are always standing on the top of pyramid.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
You're right am a girl, even though, i a girl, i am not afraid of insects and i could hold them in my hands longer as long as they do not bite me. But, I have compassion for them. I do not like to see them killed also the animals that are raised in my backyards. but, what could i do if the people who surrounds me love eating them. Then, i decide not to eat them but eat other sources of food, without feeling guilty in eating animals that I care and feed for so long ended up in a pot.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
24 Jul 09
You're normal, there's nothing to worry about. Being compassionate is a part of being human, though some may have deeper feeling in that. I too scared of spider and centipedes. I am scared that it will harm me. But I couldn't bring myself to kill them when they're near. I don't know why. We too raise chicken for food. So when it time to consume any, I won't take part in taking the life. I can't watch the process or I won't eat the chicken later on. I'll help with cooking and such.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
I do cook meat and marinate them but I could not eat meat in which the animals is raise on my own backyard. My reasons for avoiding eating them and I look really funny, when family members laugh at me. They say you would feel hungry and you would eat your words. You will eat it later. but, I refuse and eat fish instead. Then, animals that are killed like ducks or chicken are like my pets. I feed them and they are happy to see me. They response to me when i call them and they know when its feeding time. I really could not take it to see them in pain. That its how i feel. So, i am glad that I am not alone with this kind of feelings..
• Philippines
24 Jul 09
Wow! i think either should be a vegetarian or an animal care taker, that's what i think qualifies you for. it ain't funny right but i think it's a good behavior that you have. I am afraid am almost the opposite of what you do, most specially on cockroaches. . i envy you.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Of, course i am not a vegetarian..maybe semi-vegetarian.. but i really sympathize with animals and insects. Everything that have lives is precious to me. Even though I maybe an intelligent human being like a scientist or a nerd, i could not bring back a life that have been lost. So, even the life for me an insects is valuable. They have their own purposes i think that is why they are created. I love to see them live free as long as they do not hurt us.. they could live fully with a full life..
@Alupee (42)
24 Jul 09
Your normal. I can't kill insects either :( Unless there so ugly, they freak me out...
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
i am so happy i am not alone with this weird feelings..but, really loves animals. they are more loving, they could recognize you as their master even you are at a distance. They are very happy to see you and they never reject you whatever moods you have. You could yell them or say bad things, but they will still come over you and recognize you in their own ways. they know how to amke their master happy. So, do i appreciate insects, some are bad but not all. God created this creatures, because they have values too..They make good contributions in balancing the ecological system of the earth where we lives...