Yeah I know! Sliced up to smithereens. :(
I try and do as little harm to other living things as possible (something some people call "veganism"), but I admit that I do kill insects (and simpler organisms) from time to time. For example, bedbugs must be eliminated - they aren't compatible with healthy human life. Mosquitoes get whacked around here because they can carry disease to humans. I'm also not very fond of most rodents, especially rats. I remove caterpillars and other chomping insects from my food and medicine plants. I would defend my garden against deers... why not against bugs? That's how I think about it. Self defense. It's okay for me to survive. When it comes down to competition between me and another living thing, as long as I don't do any harm to it that could be avoided, I don't feel like I've done wrong. Of course, morality is subjective, and there's no definite right anwer to this stuff, and it's an ongoing debate. 12 years ago I was paying others to torture rape and kill sentient mammals for my pleasure. Now I'm not sure if I should be more careful about the bugs in my garden. Who knows where I'll be in 10 years? Maybe throwing a spear at a wild animal, hahah. Just trying to find my way through this life, while doing as little harm to others as I can. Not everyday is perfect, I readily admit that.
One happy thought: keeping bug populations down (like with DE) will result in LESS bug deaths in the long run. If they're allowed to get our of control, then a larger number would have to be dealt with. This way, a few get initially wiped out to keep my medicine patch healthy, and then numbers are kept very low.