I just killed a mosquito about 5 minutes ago (no lie) to protect my body from an annoying, itching bump and to prevent the possibility of it spreading disease to me or my family.
I don't really see any difference between this and what the Go Daddy CEO did except for the fact that he put the video up for everyone to see. But then again, maybe he was proud of helping the poor villagers. No one on here is as poor as those individuals whom he helped so think of how you would feel if you needed that kind of help to protect your meager livelihood. Good for him helping out. Bad idea to post the video because in this day and age everyone is SO effen quick to make a big debate over things like this.
Um, you really don't see the difference between killing a bug which can potentially kill you or your loved ones if it's carrying the West Nile Virus vs a man being cocky about killing an elephant with a gun for the sake of a PR stunt? He could have done this without filming it and blogging about it. But there's obviously a reason as to why he did it, and my paycheck says that it's not because he was filming an instructional video.
This whole moral stance of "what's the difference between killing one life form and another" is tad disingenuous IMO, when we all very well know that there are more things involved than what we "feel".
There are ecological factors involved, that are more important than what our oh so precious moral constitutions dictate here... The mosquito ain't goin' anywhere... its species has been around far longer than we have. And even killing hoards of them won't have an negative impact upon our ecological system. I'm not saying that killing one or even several elephants would either.. but that wasn't even my point since the two cases are distinctly separate.
As for protecting the poor villagers livelihood, I really think you should read through my post again and try to see things from a different perspective. We don't know that more elephants aren't to follow.... If they are, the godaddy doosh ain't gonna be there to bail them out all the time. He may have in fact done more harm than good. This isn't me being moral or spiritual right now, I'm just trying to look at this logically.
Either way... I personally don't like how the guy operates, and I won't be supporting his company. I could care less whether or not anyone here feels differently, as each of us is entitled to our own prerogatives.
Personally speaking, if I were able to live off of pizza, I would. I do love the taste of a good burger, but I can certainly live without them. Pizza on the other hand... life just wouldn't be the same or worth living without it. Hmm.. my cat is looking kind of tasty right now... she's so plump!
Doug