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[baum]

[ Honestly, thank god for this thing's text function. ]

Hey everyone, this is John.

Ever since that new sinkhole opened yesterday, the number of those weird alien dinosaur moles that come from them has been growing.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't love the idea of killing them all just because they're in the way. I know they can't stay here, but there has to be somewhere else we can take them. I'm open to suggestions. I just think we should talk about it.

If any of you agree with me, can we maybe get a team together and try to corral them or something? I know Rémi wants to put them down, but I'd like to at least present an alternative.

Comments

[baum]

No? Of course not. Killing should always be your last resort. Always.

[annoyware]

Well, I don't know where YOU'RE from, but on Pandora, it's pretty much always the first resort. Or just what people do before resorts are even considered.

[baum]

I'm from Earth.

Killing shouldn't be the first resort. Life is the most valuable thing there is. If we CAN preserve it, we should.

We shouldn't choose animals over humans, but if there's a way to save both that's what we ought to do.

[annoyware]

Counterpoint: aren't valuables the most valuable thing there is?

[baum]

No.

Things don't mean anything. They cost money, people think they matter, but they don't. They get lost, or break. You can always survive without things.

Life is what matters.

[annoyware]

Oh. So you don't value things that aren't strictly "alive."