What do you do when you see a spider crawling in your house?

[Runa216]

JGarret said:

Runa216 said:
I pick it up and take it outside, because I feel the need to protect it from my family members...

Seriously, it bugs me that people jump on the "It scares me so it deserves to die" bandwagon. As a race, I thought we were supposed to be 'better' than that.

Sometimes it´s not just about "it scares me"....since we´re talking about spiders..well, some of them are genuinely very dangerous, carrying poison than can kill you in minutes...depending on the kind of spider, you should be protecting your family members from it, and not the other way around...and again, depending on the kind of spider, the best thing to do would be to kill it, and not 'pick it up and take it outside'..should you find a dangerous kind in your house.

Tigers can rip your head off, should you kill them on sight? 

an elephant can gore you on its tusk or wrap its trunk around you, should you kill it on sight? 

a squirrel or raccoon can give you rabies, should you kill it on sight? 

Your own dog can go apeshit and rip your throat out, should you kill it on sight? 

your mother can stab you with a kitchen knife, should you kill her on sight?