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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'm talking about people in general, a sort of public mindset. Not you personally.

Oh, okay. I believe you.

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Sir yes sir! So commanding. And the passive aggressive smilie face for a peppering of sass . Loving it.

Absolutely! I happen to feel passionate about my right to speak for myself, probably because I have at least a modicum of self respect.

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

No some people are essentially worthless and I probably wouldn't risk slipping a disc trying to pull them out of a fire, let alone sacrifice any other life for them, but that's not really relevant "in general". If it's a "random dog" and a "random person" (you know nothing about either of them), you're going to save the person. Because in general, people's lives are worth more than dog's lives. I don't know what's so hard to accept about that.

A random dog? My question specifically asked if you automatically put a human life over a "valued, cherished pet" simply because they're human.

But, let's play with your scenario. My honest response is I don't know what I would do (and there are hypothetical situations for all of us where our only answer would be "I don't know"), because I value animals too much to simply abandon one to death simply because it's an animal, and at the same time I wouldn't be able to leave a human life to die either.

I very much doubt I'll ever be in this situation, which is fortunate because, unlike yourself, I don't have such a trivial attitude towards animal life. If it's less important to you, fair enough, but it's not to me.

I think that's all we have to say on the issue. I care very much about animals, you don't as much. I think any continuation of this will consist entirely of running around in circles.