> See, your whole argument boils down to 'why aren't you more like me? Isn't being like me better than being like you?'

If you want to make that point, please support it with an explanation to why and how I have led you to believe that? because I genuinely don't follow your logic.

>Ok let's be very clear about this - I stomp on a cockroach because I feel like it.

And you call that respect?

That isn't what I call a basic respect for living things. Finding a rabbits neck breaking "icky", also isn't a basic respect. If you could provide a reason for killing, like a health one, I might start to understand.

Let me try another tack thats a bit more 'on topic'. What behavior would a cockroach have to exhibit before you treat it like a human?

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