(June 4, 2013 at 7:43 am)Aractus Wrote:No, actually you explained that the silkworms are in a dormant phase of metamorphosis when they are boiled alive, so I yielded the point.(June 4, 2013 at 7:35 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: Now that someone posted something with maggots.Well, Forbi thinks killing silkworms is "sadistic cruelty"!
How do you 2 feel about the use of insects by humans for food and for medical reasons?
As for insect use in general, it is certainly more desirable to use an ecological r-species than a k-species (as I explained earlier in the thread). I think not much is known about their sentience and ability to experience pain and suffering, but it is reasonable to conclude a lower survival instinct based on their ecological status.