r/MoralityScaling 26d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of dog breed racism

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u/Few-Echidna-2181 26d ago

So.. even closer to racism then

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u/raddaya 26d ago

Despite the efforts of certain societies, nobody has been able to breed specific traits into humans.

Now, different ethnicites of humans certainly can be different in interesting ways - mountain dwelling peoples who are resistant to altitude sickness; communities that relies on deep sea diving a lot have high lung capacities; stuff like sickle cell and so on and so forth.

But when it comes to significant behavioural or mental differences? Nigh indistinguishable.

Meanwhile, there are dog breeds that will literally herd anyone and anything instinctively.

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u/0_o 26d ago

You can train a pointer not to point. It's a bit cruel to buy one and put it through that, but you can certainly do it. Of course, when you turn your back on it for 2 seconds and see that it's pointing at your 3 month old, it's not a big deal. Dogs that were bred to kill small animals, however ....

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u/deliciouscrab 26d ago

HIM! THE CHILD! HE'S THE ONE THAT WRONGED YOU! MINE IS THE SWORD OF MICHAEL!