[shh_labs]

Isn’t the issue not the survival of the species, but the cruelty to the individuals?

[csdvrx]

Then it's a case of moving goalposts, as all the cases about endangered species have been made about the survival of the species.

[shh_labs]

So it’s OK to be cruel to species that aren’t endangered?

[csdvrx]

> So it’s OK to be cruel to species that aren’t endangered?

Then my apologies, it's an appeal to emotions + moving the goalpost.

It's ok for people to do things you may disapprove of as long as it's legal.

[voakbasda]

Making something legal does not magically make it morally acceptable. Conversely, there are countless example of things that are currently legal that are morally deplorable.

[wavefunction]

Like own other people as slaves? I don't think I agree.