10-16-2014, 08:12 AM
(10-15-2014, 05:31 PM)bena Wrote: I always love the simplicity of your scenic descriptions, then you always give me a complex quandary to ponder at the end. I always wonder why some animals are considered "pests" when in reality they are beneficial to the ecosystem, and in general don't give a crap what you do as long as they are left alone. Wasps sting in self-defence.
These guys seem to derive a bit of pleasure from it; which, all things considered, makes their restraint more admirable.
(10-15-2014, 05:31 PM)bena Wrote: It's a complex application to life in general...why destroy what doesn't hurt you?
It's called "preemptive self-defense" as in:
"We did not attack them, we were exercising our right to preemptive self-defense."
(10-15-2014, 05:31 PM)bena Wrote: Not a crit, I know but it is 4 am and I am just happy to read something that makes me think, thanks.
mel.
What a deeply astute, discerning, insightful, knowledgeable (as well as wise) criticism
for any time, much less 4 am. (Though, truth be known, I've always found 4 am thoughts to be
SO much closer to cosmic truthiness than thoughts at any other time [except 3 am].)
I have a neighbor who's much more irritable than the wasps. He's the one who suggested killing them.
The solution is obvious: Leave the wasps alone and kill him.
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