what about bugs insects?

[Sew-sew-steve]

i was just wondering.... is there any humanitarian groups for insects or bugs? or is there people who choose not to kill them or use poison or other things to get rid of bugs or insects because they believe in being humane with all beings?

i mean, we cant say that insects or bugs dont feel pain..... can we?

im kinda torn, i mean, where do you draw the line? i dont step on bugs (purposly) and even if i do i usually dont take it personally, its more of an impersonal thing, but is that ok?

whats the difference between a frog and a bee? does a bee not deserve what a lion or a dog or a cat deserve? what about spiders? cockroaches?

is it really ok to use bug poison? or poison for flies? cockroaches? ants?

ok im not that torn, but you get the point.

[Melinda]

very interesting question Steve, I'll tell you how I am........I live in an older home, I get hundreds of ladybugs and have purposely bought a dust buster (hand held vacume) suck em up every morning and then dump them in the field beside me, insects don't bother me except for SPIDERS!!!!!! *LOL* but again, I put a glass over them, slide a paper under it to trap them then toss it all outside *L* glass and all. I do the same with bee's and wasps, 3 times a year when the spider eggs hatch , april, July and october, I'll wash down our house daily for 5 days, it gets rid of the eggs, now maybe that is killing them? I don't know...we have tons of birds that eat the spider eggs. So maybe I'm feeding the birds? Mosquito's don't bite me....hubs says my blood is as rotten as the rest of me so I normally don't swat them. Now do I do it because I like bugs, cause they hurt also? who knows...I just don't like squishing anything *L* I guess it doesn't really answer too much for you Steve, just my ways.

funny story, I DO own a flyswatter, it was a wedding "favor" for an outdoor wedding, anyways, I had a friend down for the weekend, terrified of wasps so I gave it to her to use while we sat outside, man did she swing that swatter!!! never hit a damn thing except the deck when she'd lose her grip on it and it would go flying *LOL* what a site, we now have at our home what we call the *****(her name) dance when we see wasps.

[mummummum]

Is this a pseudo-philosophical question about the hierarchy of life forms or a request for resources?

There are many groups world-wide concerned with the preservation of insects and their habitats. In fact, just the other day I posted a video about bee colony collapse disorder and what you, or I could do to counter this devastating and pervasive disorder.

[mummummum]

Or have you been reading the news again SSS?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...-worlds-rights

The ombuds job would certainly make moderating a bulletin board look like child's play comparatively speaking...

[Shaykeija]

meh...it flies at me..it dies
it lands on me....it dies
it eats my flowers...it dies....

[mummummum]

So that's what happened to your previous three husbands...