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There is one enormously significant difference between humans and animals, and that's free will. Now before you get caught up on the semantics and start rambling to me about how animals "do what they want too," think about it.
Yes, within reason, animals make choices. However, animals make choices based only on their instinctual "programming," if you will. They choose to try and survive, and that's the extent of their lives. Human beings choose to survive as well. However, humans also try to make individual survival as comfortable as possible. Because of this difference, humans are also capable of sin (from a religious point of view, I suppose), or if you'd prefer, senseless atrocities.
Animals are not mean, they are not evil. The only case in which an animal would senselessly attack a person or another animal for no other reason than to cause that person or animal injury or worse, would be in the event that the animal was influenced by the corruption of humans. Animals in their pure and instinctual state do not kill for no reason. They kill to eat, they eat to survive.
Humans on the other hand, are capable of killing for little to no reason. We steal from others for excessive and selfish comfort, humans are capable of such atrocities as rape, kidnapping, genocide. We're basically the worst thing that ever happened to the planet. It's pretty sad, really.
Now, please don't assume I'm some PETA nut (I'm not). I have nothing wrong with hunting, as long as the Earth's resources are replenished (which thankfully most hunters are very good about--donating to national parks, things like that), I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
But all in all, I'm appalled with mankind. My relationship with humans in general is a love/hate relationship. Sometimes, I'll witness someone going out of their way to help another person, and my faith in the human race is somewhat restored. However, there is more bad in this world than good. And it's thanks to us. I don't buy that optimistic "There are so many good people out there, you just don't hear about them as much as the bad ones" crap. Humans are selfish and sometimes downright evil in nature. Most people in this world strive to make their own lives as nice and comfortable as possible with little to no care about those who cannot afford the same comfort. It's sad, it's pathetic, and unfortunately it's probably never going to change
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