Today in English class I was presented with two rather difficult questions. Last night we were supposed to read “White Heron,” (Well, I didn’t) The first question that we faced was a hypothetical situation where you live with your grandmother in the middle of the forest and you’re dirt poor in the 1800s. A hunter comes along and will give $10 (A lot of $$) for the location of a very rare bird so he can kill and stuff it. You find the location of the bird. Would you reveal the location of the bird for money?
To me, life is an invaluable thing. I would not give away the location of the bird for any amount of money, contrary to the opinions of most guys. First, the bird is rare and, probably, would be endangered. Not telling where it is would preserve the species. Plus, killing an innocent animal is pretty cruel. They didn’t do anything out of what they were born to do: raise a family and continue the survival of their species. They didn’t do anything wrong. If I revealed its location, I’d be the one carrying the guilt and I’d be the one who had done something wrong.
The next question was a little more bizarre. If, at the end of the day, he left the building and the devil came and made me decide between two things: A million dollars to have someone killed in another country on the other side of the world. No one would know about it, there would be no mention of it besides just now. Would I do it?
Absolutely. Now you might think that Animal’s life>Human’s life wouldn’t make sense, but to me it does. There are 6.8 billion of us “humans” on earth. Actually, the word “parasite” would be more accurate. We were born here, as was every other living thing, but we think that, just because we have superior brains, means that we have more of a right to live than any other being on earth. We kill trees for paper and wood, we kill animals for fun or food, and we kill anything that poses a threat to any single one of us.
Hence my 60/0 kill/death ratio, I think we could use less people. Call me cruel, but I might have actually killed that one person even if a million dollars weren’t involved. Last year in Science class we learned about the tipping point for how many organisms can live in a certain environment. If there are too many humans, it increases the chances for disease, lack of space, and lack of food. If this happens, we can all die. We get 5 people back every second and lose 2 people, which leads to a net gain of three people per second. If someone dies, then that’s one less person in the world to help ruin it. By killing someone, I’m doing us a favor.
However, those are hypothetical situations, so if the situation actually ever arose, then my answers are subject to change.
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