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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1777674" data-attributes="member: 8835">Not that I get my morality from &quot;Stargate&quot; but both series (SG-1 and Atlantis) operate on the premise that intelligent folk have rights.In SG-1's case, the premise is that the BBEG think they are superior to humans, and therefore the humans have no rights and are slaves. (thus it's no big deal to posess them)In Atlantis, the BBEG feed on humans, so humans are just cattle.In both cases, from the human perspective, these are EVIL acts, and would support the argument that eating intelligent critters is wrong.I guess there are several things to consider:A) nobody likes being eaten.&nbsp; Even cows run away from wolvesB) what's the &quot;too intelligent to eat&quot; bar set at?I'd wager that the more a critter seems like &quot;me&quot;, as in has intelligence, culture, communicates with others, the more &quot;wrong&quot; it would be to eat it.Janx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 1777674, member: 8835"] Not that I get my morality from "Stargate" but both series (SG-1 and Atlantis) operate on the premise that intelligent folk have rights. In SG-1's case, the premise is that the BBEG think they are superior to humans, and therefore the humans have no rights and are slaves. (thus it's no big deal to posess them) In Atlantis, the BBEG feed on humans, so humans are just cattle. In both cases, from the human perspective, these are EVIL acts, and would support the argument that eating intelligent critters is wrong. I guess there are several things to consider: A) nobody likes being eaten. Even cows run away from wolves B) what's the "too intelligent to eat" bar set at? I'd wager that the more a critter seems like "me", as in has intelligence, culture, communicates with others, the more "wrong" it would be to eat it. Janx [/QUOTE]

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