Animosity #2

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[tcampbell1000]

That sure is one lengthy Bible quote to use as your last words when sniper fire could kill you at any second and prevent your bomb-jacket from detonating.

[super_fly]

Talking is a free action

[fungo_squiggly]

I was thinking when I read the last post that this was going to turn out to be a horrible situation for everyone.

Even aside from the humans, you've got to figure the now-sentient animals would quickly turn on one another as they competed for food.

I mean, all the predator species in particular must be beyond screwed now. It would be like hellscape-Zootopia up in there.

[locuatico]

This brings the question... what about the insects?

[dcbanacek]

Great I just had vision of a swarm of locusts all screaming "MINE! MINE! MINE!".

[icon_uk]

"Wazzzzzzpinator hazzzz plan!"

[thehood]

Yeah, the only way this works is if the sniper lets him finish. Otherwise, why was the sniper waiting for?

I was wondering that too...

[roguefankc]

Thank you. Because it just hit me that it appears both carnivores and herbivores being sentient would make things difficult. The carnivores like the wolves, lions, tigers, bears, and coyotes would be protesting fierce because it would be unfair if the herbivores could eat somewhat while they were denied meat because their food source was now aware.

And actually, didn't it occur to the senator that the "we will starve" protest is kind of weak? Seriously:

Squirrels: Unless we all curtail equally, we will starve and run out of resources.
Senator: Actually, we humans are adept at farming. Can your moose build greenhouses with 24 sunlight? Can your bears generate energy and irrigation canals to supply crops? Can you squirrels farm and plant all sorts of fruits, vegetables, and nuts instead of hunt and gather? Can you create technology to genetically create new sustainable types of crops and maximize nutrients in soil to create bigger payouts? We can create tofu substitutes so that the carnivores can eat and live off of, meaning that they can enjoy the same rights as we. Humans have all of these at disposal. We can put a man on the moon; it's not that hard to create farms and crops to feed everyone, man and animal ten times over.
Squirrels and Moose:...
Senator: Let's make a deal that benefits everyone, man and animal alike...

Boom! Was that really so hard for the senator to say? :)

Re: I was wondering that too...

[sadoeuphemist]

No, it's the senator who's protesting that everyone's going to starve if all animals are allowed to reproduce without limit.

Also, c'mon, humanity can't even feed all of humanity, no one's going to buy that argument.

Re: I was wondering that too...

[malitia]

Technically we could feed all of humanity as we produce enough food*, the problem is that the distribution of it is uneven** and that the food industry is an industry not a non-profit organization with the mission to feed people.

I had to read up on this for a paper I'd to write for an Economic Geography 101 class years and years ago I don't think much changed unfortunately.

Learning about the food industry is a surefire way to lose your appetite. :/

* Yet, with current population growth who knows how long.
** Heck, the developed world produces so much people there can care if it's organic, non-GMO, or about the welfare of food animals.

Re: I was wondering that too...

[richardak]

The other problem is this: without predation, rabbits really do reproduce like, well, rabbits. Humans in much of the world, and certainly in the United States, where this is set, are already reproducing at below replacement rates, so humans have already curtailed. It would not be so unreasonable to ask other species to do likewise.

[agharta75]

Don't fuck with moose and squirrel.

[angry_marmot]

Wossamotta U?

[cainofdreaming]

How does "We will starve!" follow from birth control? Were they going to eat the babies?

[flint_marko]

More babies means more mouths to feed.

[cainofdreaming]

Yeah, but the squirrel wanted humans to stop breeding. So less mouths to feed.

[sadoeuphemist]

The moose is saying that animals have the same rights as humans to reproduce freely. The senator goes, but we'll all starve from overpopulation! The moose goes, then we all have to stop having babies then.

[roguefankc]

I am so getting this trade! Thank you for introducing this to us! :)