ZOMG! A SPIDER! Get it, get it, GET IT!

[Chez Daja]

We, as humans, are not meant to be scared of some pitiful spiders; they, as little pests, are meant to be afraid of us. Same thing goes for, like, a mountain lion. Leave it alone, and it'll leave you alone. Animals know better than to mess with humans!

Except for lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

I know what you're saying, Fate, but when I see a spider, that doesn't even come to mind. They're disgusting -- just look at them. I admit that they do freak me out, but they mostly sicken me. I think my sister made me this way, though. She's always found bugs disgusting and all through our childhood, she screamed at the mere sight of one.

Egon. I'm sure you've disliked or even hated a fellow human before, right? That's life, yet you still hold a certain level of contempt for that person. As humans, we fear certain things; Fate sees spiders as nasty little creatures -- possibly because of a bad or unpleasant experience with them. It could be fear, or a general annoyance of them. That in itself is human nature. You don't have to "respect" every living thing on the planet. You can choose to, but that doesn't mean other people have to follow.
Just because spiders don't attack us doesn't mean they have some level of respect for the human race. They don't attack because they know we'd win. Well, unless it was a poison spider and bit the shit out of somebody.

[Fate]

I know what you're saying, Fate, but when I see a spider, that doesn't even come to mind. They're disgusting -- just look at them. I admit that they do freak me out, but they mostly sicken me. I think my sister made me this way, though. She's always found bugs disgusting and all through our childhood, she screamed at the mere sight of one.

I wholeheartedly agree. I don't understand people who go, "Lookie, it's a cute little spider!" Seriously, there is nothing "cute" about a spider. Once, I tried going after a spider with a stick, and it ran away; I think it was scared of me. I often feel disgusted when I try to reach for something, and I touch a spider web instead with a spider hanging somewhere near. I can kill the spider, but I can't kill the webs; I don't know how to, really.

Fate sees spiders as nasty little creatures -- possibly because of a bad or unpleasant experience with them. It could be fear, or a general annoyance of them.

No, there was no bad or unpleasant experience. I just abhor them, that's all. They look hideous. It's funny how dangerous things like a bear actually freak people out less than a harmless little spider. I think people go by looks instead of what the animal is capable of doing.

[Clint]

Egon. I'm sure you've disliked or even hated a fellow human before, right? That's life, yet you still hold a certain level of contempt for that person.

Well, that's true, but I don't exactly like humans very much, as you could probably already tell. I don't respect much human life, because a lot of humans don't respect life in general.

You don't have to "respect" every living thing on the planet. You can choose to, but that doesn't mean other people have to follow.

Deforestation and mass extinctions incorporated by humans has proven that there are far more people with no respect for life than those with respect. See, if all people thought exactly like me, all that destruction that went into making the rich richer would never have happened, hence making the world a better place to live in.

Just because spiders don't attack us doesn't mean they have some level of respect for the human race.

Humans don't have respect for the human race.

I can kill the spider, but I can't kill the webs; I don't know how to, really.

I like to think of spiders as architects, or artists. Those webs that you try to destroy are beautiful works of art created in such a short period of time. In that web, the spider will trap disease spreading insects such as flies and mosquitoes. Without them, you'll get AIDS. So if you already don't have AIDS, you should thank your fellow spider. If you do have AIDS, it's because you keep killing them. I'm telling you, that arachnophobia is a killer.