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Change of Perspective

With finals fast approaching, every college student I know has a rising stress level. My boyfriend is one of those students. In an effort to make his life a little less stressful, I decided to clean the apartment. I even got on my hands and knees and cleaned the kitchen floor and the tile in front of the front door.

Within the half-hour, ants decided to ruin my clean floor, the floor I had dreaded cleaning for a month. One would think that a clean entrance would deter the ants, but it actually enticed them to enter. It was, once again, a reminder to me that a clean house is a sign of a wasted life...and that a clean house doesn't stay clean for long.

So off we were to Ace to buy ant poison. This time, instead of traps, we got a spray and promptly sprayed the entryway. My boyfriend, who has a particular dislike of insects, watched as they writhed  in agony and died. My initial reaction was positive: I too dislike having creepy crawlies in my apartment. However, my thoughts quickly changed when I realized that ant lives had just been ended. What if they have souls? Are we murderers? That further led me to think that humans are like ants in the universe, so small that even our planet is not large enough to see from the periphery of the Milky Way. What if a being decided that we were worthless and exterminated us, or simply blew up our planet.

My philosophy about bugs have always been that if they are outside, they are free to exist and do what they want. I won't kill them or bug them. However, if they enter my apartment, my territory, I will kill them. Why? Because I can't ask them to leave. Otherwise I probably would ask.

Well, the deed is done and I would do the same again in the future, but I still question the morality of my actions.

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