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Old 09-29-2008, 09:48 AM
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Interesting article.
I've always felt that it's wrong to kill little insects in my house but actually it came from my reasonning left brain, and my emotional right brain would say : ok, kill it anyway, or at least, put it out through the window

I thought it was not logical to kill small insects when they enter our house, because the concept of property is coming from social conditioning.
From the perspective of a bug or a spider, the walls and roof and rooms that we call our houses are no different from the rest of the creation. To them, they are in their territory, and the human believing "I own this house, because I paid for it, and you little insects should not be in my place" is totally irrelevant for insects. They have the same right to be here, and for them it makes no sense that we believe we own this place called house.

So that was my reasoning, nevertheless, I often end up killing a spider if I see one, though I know it's wrong. Guess I need more compassion.
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