• jarfil@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      "Humanely" implies a reason that isn't just because it behaved not how you wanted it. That's called "sacrificing" or at best "killing", like when you want to eat steak but the cow insists on breathing.

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        1 year ago

        I don't want the bear to die. But that doesn't change that the word doesn't imply consent.

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          1 year ago

          The word literally means “good death”, meaning for a good reason. Consent is one such reason, terminal illness is another, stealing gummy bears… is not.