Is it cruel to flush a bug down the toilet alive?

Asked by miasmom (3495) January 21st, 2009 from iPhone

This is totally random and weird, but sometimes I think about the bug and wonder if I’m doing something cruel. I would normally smoosh the bug first (which would kill it instantly), but sometimes I am so disgusted by the bug that I just put it in the toilet and flush it. Do you think it takes a long time to drown? And is that cruel to the bug?

I’m not a vegetarian, I eat meat with no qualms about how the animal died, so I’m not against killing bugs, I just wonder when I watch it go down the toilet…maybe this stems from my fear of drowning…I do think that would be the worst way to die. Thoughts?