Talk:Bats!/@comment-5653881-20131229175246/@comment-4531340-20140101031359

I tend to be more of the type that's environmentalist, so I pretty much immediately sided with Fluttershy, as I usually place the blame for situations like this entirely (or at least place the brunt of it) on the sentient beings, in this case, the ponies. Granted, the bats seemed a little more sentient than animals of this world, so I felt a little less sympathy for them than I would normally have, but still. I often see that the situation originated with the sentient being, but of course it's more complicated than just that (though the animals are just following their instincts, or so it seems); like here, Applejack is coming into a long line of apple farmers, so she's gotta make the best of her situation, I won't deny that. I guess the core of my argument is basically what Fluttershy's saying, that those who can think rationally, etc (in this case, the ponies) have to accommodate for those who can't (in this case, the bats), or else those non-sentient beings will follow their instincts (naturally) and wreak havoc over those sentient beings, and they can hardly be blamed since they're just doing what they instinctually feel to be right (even if the sentient beings wouldn't consider it that way). And that most often applies to this generation, because they (and by extension, we) know better, whereas in a lot of previous generations, that didn't seem to be the case.

But don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to make a PETA-esque "kill all humans, save all animals" type argument either. Also, it could be argued that I don't support extending the argument to, say, bugs, but this is neither the time nor the place (I feel).

Also, I meant to post this comment a couple days ago, but editing it, solidifying my argument, kinda got out of hand, haha (plus how busy I've been)