Your Questions About Court Shoes Squash

Nancy asks…

Why do people think it's wrong to step on bugs?

I'm 24, have a professional job, and I still tend to flatten a bug if I see it crawling around my feet. If I'm playing tennis and I see one on the court, I'll be honest: it will probably get squashed under my shoe. I've never had a problem stepping on them, even throughout college, and I've stepped on a lot of them over the years. I know that some people consider it wrong, but it seems pretty normal to me. Most of my friends don't think twice about planting a foot over some busy anthill on the sidewalk in order to cause a little chaos, nor do I, and I've done that plenty of times. I can definitely think of more painful ways for a bug to die than getting instantly crushed under a gigantic sneaker. Why would it be wrong? The rationale of "I do it because I can" might be the one used by bullies, and it holds true somewhat. Does that mean I view bugs as less significant than me? Well, yeah I guess I do. But is that necessarily untrue? Compared to them, I'm a giant. I don't do it out of sadism. I do it more out of habit.

Our pick of the answers:

I believe it is because all life that is not threatening to you has an inherent right to exist. To simply squash something because you can is an indication of an unenlightened soul. I realize that kind of statement usually gets the carnivores and omnivores in an uproar, but I am not necessarily advocating vegetarianism. There is a logic to eating meat, some animals eat other animals after all. But see, there is a purpose to that. Also, if the insects are causing disease or infesting a habitation, well there is a logic in defending your own life. You also have a right to be on this planet, YOU are part of the ecosystem. Those reasons are not killing for no purpose. Plus, remember that bugs actually have a purpose in the ecosystem too, be it as food for other or perhaps clearing detritus. Nothing is an accident.

Lisa asks…

Why do people think it's wrong to step on bugs?

I'm 24, have a professional job, and I still tend to flatten a bug if I see it crawling around my feet. If I'm playing tennis and I see one on the court, I'll be honest: it will probably get squashed under my shoe. I've never had a problem stepping on them, and I've stepped on a lot of them over the years. I know that some people consider it wrong, but it seems pretty normal to me. Most of my friends don't think twice about planting a foot over some busy anthill on the sidewalk in order to cause a little chaos, nor do I, and I've done that plenty of times. I can definitely think of more painful ways for a bug to die than getting instantly crushed under a gigantic sneaker. Do you think it's wrong? The rationale of "I do it because I can" might be the one used by bullies, and it holds true somewhat. Does that mean I view bugs as less significant than me? Well, yeah I guess I do. But is that necessarily untrue? Compared to them, I'm a giant. My foot odor could kill these little guys.

Our pick of the answers:

An alien civilization from another galaxy (that is a millions years more technologically advanced and a million times more intelligent than humans) might view us in the same way we view insects. Insignificant.

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