RE: Insect Studies: Do Researchers Have an Obligation to Their Subjects?
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I love Blake's poem. New to me. Thank you!! As I wrote this, I was thinking of the Jainists, wearing masks over their mouths to avoid inadvertently inhaling insects.
What do we do? It just makes it harder to do what we feel we have to do. But, as you say, always with mercy.
As for cockroaches--ugh. When I first moved to NYC as a child, they infested our apartment. I could hear them at night. And, you're right, they have an odor. They are filthy, disease-carrying bugs. They have to go.
Thank you for your sincere, thoughtful, and even passionate comment. I have been upset about the ant saga, but, just like the cockroaches, they have to go.
Life is complicated the more we think, isn't it? And yet, we have to think.
Hope you a peaceful week and those foul cockroaches don't darken your doorstep.🌈
Glad you liked the poem. I love it.
I thought that Jainists sounded familiar, so I checked. Thank you for the link. I think I read something a long time ago or some teacher told me about them in my college days; we humans are very interesting and weird creatures. Right now I try think about all the things we're not seeing and immediately try to drop the idea because otherwise I won't sleep, haha.