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I finally killed something.

chinu

chinu
It was sad!!!!!!!:cover: :(

Today, I found a Black Widow nest (2 alive, 1 dead, 3 eggs) inside a cement mixing plastic container I had left outside a few months ago after I had finished building my deck. I was forced to kill them because it was my little brother's birthday and we were having a party. I don't think I would be able to live with myself if one of them bit one of the kids. So it had to be done.The only real other time I killed something was when my little brother found a snake in our backyard last year and I killed it with a shovel for fear of it biting him.

Was I justified? (This question if more directed to the people who dearly value life such as I do, if you don't care for life, of course you would say yes.)

If you asking killing of what is SIN, than am giving you a very simple formula.

Always try to save "Nature", and use it only for your very reasonable needs, rest everything is SIN, according to all Religions and as well as Sience.

_/\_
Chinu
 

Koldo

Outstanding Member
If you asking killing of what is SIN, than am giving you a very simple formula.

Always try to save "Nature", and use it only for your very reasonable needs, rest everything is SIN, according to all Religions and as well as Sience.

_/\_
Chinu

I have never heard of anything being regarded as 'sin' by science. :)
 

AfterGlow

Invisible Puffle
If it were me I'd have collected the adults, then cut the grass with some scissors and collected the eggs then moved them far, far away. Saying that, I don't blame you for what you did, it's better to be safe than sorry with kids around.
 

Vendetta

"Oscar the grouch"
I am sorry but poisonous arachnids don't reason when it comes to biting you or not. I am sorry but many of you would definitely change your mind about saving such a creature if you are bitten by a poisonous or venomous creature. Forget kids, if not treated in a timely manner adults can die from black widow bites.

Edit: actually people rarely die from black widow bites but kids and elderly are severely affected.
 
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Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
So you advocate destroying anything that's potentially dangerous, even if the danger's remote or easily averted?

That's an interesting approach to life. A little scary.
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
If it were me I'd have collected the adults, then cut the grass with some scissors and collected the eggs then moved them far, far away. Saying that, I don't blame you for what you did, it's better to be safe than sorry with kids around.
There are no eggs in the grass.
 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
Killing anything, plants, animals, or humans is always unfortunate to me.
While unfortunate, it is sometimes necessary. As long as you find no joy killing other life forms I see no reason to drum up an unnatural sense of guilt over your actions. If these things truly bother you, I'd suggest that you have greater issues to focus on. Personally, I have no difficulty in bringing out my "Shiva aspect" when needed. From death, new life emerges.
 

AfterGlow

Invisible Puffle
There are no eggs in the grass.
Yeah, like you say they should be in the egg sac. I assumed he must have seen something in the grass though, either several egg sacs, or maybe a ruptured sac, or even lots of curled up spiderlings. Can only go by what he said.
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
I shudder to think what would happen should WIG see a rattlesnake or copperhead in the yard.
He might never leave the house again!:rolleyes:
 

Where Is God

Creator
I shudder to think what would happen should WIG see a rattlesnake or copperhead in the yard.
He might never leave the house again!:rolleyes:
I did kill a snake in my yard, what kind I am unsure of. I thought I already said that?? One wack with a shovel to the head... :(
He was just chillin!
 
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