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Old 06-02-2010, 03:36 AM   #35
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Well what I'm struggling with is that the old distinction between 'animal' and 'human' no longer applies - humans are animals.
So:

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- eating animals and eating humans are analogous
or
- considering ourselves to have a 'right' to 'rule' over nature is dumb
Objectively - the answer seems to be Yes to both (I'd be intrigued to see the argument for No.).

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- considering ourselves to be above participating fully in the food chain is dumb
No, because we're just animals too at the end of the day.
Edit: Ooops, I may have misunderstood what was meant by 'participating fully' - in which case my answer may be Yes (basically we're just critters and behave as such).

Last edited by Sparrow; 06-02-2010 at 03:43 AM.
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