What would your convictions have said, if you went to try to catch one that someone was allergic to?
Your house, your rules, but isn't the rule someone else's house, their rules?
What would your convictions have said, if you went to try to catch one that someone was allergic to?
Your house, your rules, but isn't the rule someone else's house, their rules?
When you questioned, what did you discover?
Maybe your intentions need time to grow?
You said you don't judge people who kill bugs, do you extend that same courtesy to you?
Wasn't it also a moral choice to help out the old man especially dealing with an insect that stings?
I see convictions as life sentences of suffering. When I became vegetarian it was not a choice.
Thanks everyone for your input. Xmac you said when I questioned what did I discover? Well I think my need for acceptance trumps doing what I feel is right.
I think for me the question would be whether there was an alternative that would have been acceptable to the elderly man (ie, get the damn thing out of the house) that didn't involve killing. You were there and he asked a favor. If you hadn't been there (and assuming him capable) he would have ended its life himself. You were just his agent. If you could have opened the window or door or whatever and gotten it out without killing it that would have been appropriate despite his request. Otherwise it seems relatively fine to me that you followed through with his request even if it was against your morals. The alternative would have been to say no and leave him to stress about it until someone else came to visit that was willing to assist him.
Personally, given the gazillions of bugs in the world I wouldn't hesitate to kill one in that particular circumstance. A massive dose of roundup on my lawn or garden? No. One specific bug that managed to find its way indoors? Not an issue for me.
I kill things that are a potential threat......bugs that sting inside my house or buzzing my porch are a threat. Same with snakes, if harmless they can go on their merry way, if not and around my house, off with their heads. Seems to me he felt threatened by the wasp and I cannot imagine a way to contain it.
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