tkieffer63 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is disgusting! I don't care if it is a bug or human you have no right to impose your will on anything or anyone like this. You are controlling his movements for Christ sake do you not see the dishonor in this!

Oxoforion13xiandi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't believe they are self aware... or they'd have conquered the humans by now. 

Tocca1331 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey, I have no free will!! said the beetle

Thorovain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@jgq85 all they are doing is sending a extremely small electrical pulse into it's brain, which isn't felt. Other than that, they feed it, keep it safe from predators, give it a good environment ect.

thesoundofscience (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What is wrong with all you people? 1) They aren't hurting it, they are just stimulating its optic lobe so that it flies in certain directions. 2) We employ horses, donkeys and other animals all the time for useful work. 3) These beetles, apart from their daily exercise, likely have a sweet life for a beetle -- good food, warm, safe lodgings, etc. 4) I'm not a vegetarian, but we fucking slaughter animals all the time ... explain to me your relative evaluation of what is cruel? Get a grip.

jgq85 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

They referred to it as animal. flagged for animal abuse

honki3MAN (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Fucked up

sarah837sarah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is sick!!! imagine we got captured by a ufo and they hung us off some wires and experimented with us allll day and night over and over! and were wondering the the heck is going on! thats evil!

PirateMcSandwich (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i'm gonna overclock my beetle hopefully he doesn't fry

RipDeLips (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@thehannover07 Then it was a very poor over-simplification using an awful analogy. This has nothing to do with Hitler or his political ambitions or the gross mistreatment of human beings. I'm sure you have a point to make somewhere in all this, but good lord there are 10 million other ways to better assert yourself without bringing up Hitler for no logical reason. By the way, are you familiar with Godwin's Law?