cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/7071122
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/canada@lemmy.ca/t/533670
The owners of the store at Tipton Gas Bar in Lake Cowichan, B.C., were baffled when a black bear walked in and stole a bag of gummy bears.
“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.
I don’t want the bear to die. But that doesn’t change that the word doesn’t imply consent.
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.