[warchild9]

See my above. It's a common misperception among conservatives, this confusing a respect for life with equating human life with animal life. (Conversely, libs denigrate the killing of unborn humans with live animals.) My attitude is formed by a respect for all forms of life, and I take as little as possible without becoming a Jain.

[Physicist]

My attitude is formed by a respect for all forms of life

Based on what principle? Why is killing animals wrong, but not plants? Why favor a sponge over a more complex and mobile sunflower?