The New Differences Between the Brutality of Man and Animals Thread

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Ok, we shall start a new thread on this important topic, a discussion about the differences between the brutality of man and animals, and the impact one has on the other. In doing so we need to lay out some ground rules. WildFact has members of all religious, political, national, and economic backgrounds and beliefs, along with any others one might think of. By political, it is meant as it relates to any political party affiliation, ideology, movement, or social beliefs. We believe this is an important conversation to have, and everybody is welcome and encouraged to participate. Any time the topic of man enters a conversation, most certainly in a conversation also centered on wildlife of all types, a subject we all feel very strongly about or else we would not be here, it can generate strong feelings and emotions, and those feelings can often cloud our judgement with anger. Those strong and most often valid thoughts on the subject, can often lead us to direct that anger at a single particular group. This is not only wrong to do, but it also does not add positively to the discussion, and can alienate and discourage many of those who we would like to participate. We must all keep an open mind, and encourage all points of view on the matter.

Regardless of any affiliation any of us might have with one group or another, regardless of our own backgrounds or beliefs, there remains certain universal beliefs. I feel we can all agree that our world is currently in crisis, especially the Wild World, and the all of those problems have been brought upon our world by man. There is no single group, political, religious, or otherwise, who has caused it, they have all played their role in getting us to where we are, in every aspect. This must be taken into consideration during this conversation. As all groups were involved in putting our World on the current unsustainable trajectory, it is going to take positive ideas from them all, as well, to fix it. This thread is in no way to be used as a chance to spread hatred of mankind, we must keep in mind not all men are bad, or have ill intentions towards the natural world, clearly, as we ourselves belong to this group. I do not believe that any members of WildFact wish harm upon our wildlife. To use a comment by @TheHyenid76 in the previous thread, who so succinctly stated "This is not a human bashing thread.", about sums it up.

We ask that everyone keep this in mind moving forward, and hopefully between all members of our very talented, knowledgeable, and helpful community, we can find solutions. We must all refrain from making this a conversation about which side is right or wrong, to do so would be unproductive, but instead hear everyone's thoughts and opinions with an open mind. We must keep the conversation civil, apolitical, respectful, and non-judgemental. This thread will be closely monitored, and should anyone make a post that disregards any of these rules, their post shall be deleted and a warning issued, any continued refusal to follow the rules, by the same member, will result in their being banned. 

I will be moving some of the well thought out posts from the previous thread, into this one, and I do hope for everyone's continued participation in the discussion, and that we might all encourage many others to join in as well, in a conversation that will, hopefully, remain positive and fruitful. Reply