Now that the idea has occurred to me, it seems like it would be deeply ethically problematic for me to *not* run a snake rescue and adoption agency out of this church
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Replying to @webdevMason
Would it not also be deeply ethically problematic for you to offer rescue and adoption for reptiles that eat mammals and other warm-blooded prey? Or will you harbor only snakes who eat bugs?
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Replying to @webdevMason
my understanding is that warm-blooded critters tend to have more cognitive function, capacity to experience pain, what seems like "emotions," etc. Sam Harris has remarked that he's ethically uncomfortable with the idea of having a pet snake and feeding rodents to it
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Replying to @dorkweeb
Where's the understanding coming from? Because it seems likely that there's a range of cognitive function across species, but my error bars are *very* wide and I've seen nothing that would imply "cold-blooded" vs. "warm-blooded" has anything to do with it. My dogs eat meat, btw,
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I don't consider it beyond moral criticism, but I've got one very old dog and another who regurgitates almost everything I try to feed him, and I'm not about to say "I suppose you die, then." I *will* take your opinion on whether or the church should be a snake-murder operation
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