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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2010, 03:00:49 PM »

And a chimp with the right to arm bears.
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2010, 03:19:13 PM »
Quote from: dweez on January 07, 2010, 02:58:20 PM
And a bear with the right to chimp arms.

I was going to write the exact same line myself in my last post but thought the joke was a bit too corny even for me.  :D

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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2010, 03:20:17 PM »
No joke is too corny for me...sadly enough.  :-[
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2010, 03:23:00 PM »
We're such golly ups we can't even get Human rights sorted,so what chance do other Animals have? ::)
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #34 on: January 07, 2010, 04:28:07 PM »
You know,, Id like to know where we, as humans , think we have the ability to give rights to another species.
 WHo are we to think that we can legislate morality for a species that has no frame of reference to our way of thinking?
 Its all fine and dandy and well meaning. But look at what happened to the Aboriginal tribes, the Native Americans etc. when we were doing the "well meaning" thing.
 Yeah,, cool,, now dolphins have rights,, so do some of the Geat Apes,, soo,, do we let them have a say in things?
Do we try and reason with them to get a common reference for comunication?
Have we even started to do anything like that?
Nope,,
This whole fiasco is so that some well meaning socialogist ( or the like) can make themselves feel better about their job.
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« Reply #35 on: January 07, 2010, 07:19:07 PM »
I've long held a theory that most animals are intelligent enough to communicate with us if they choose.

They just don't because they know we'll give them jobs.

You've seen The Flintstones, right?

So I think that might make cats the smartest animals on Earth because they figured out the art of the free ride centuries ago.
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« Reply #36 on: January 07, 2010, 08:12:37 PM »
Sentience is a product of human arogance,, same as life not being on other worlds since the environment isnt like ours, and the pope has to be a guy.
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« Reply #37 on: January 07, 2010, 10:52:38 PM »
Quote from: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 08:12:37 PM
same as life not being on other worlds since the environment isnt like ours

I happen to agree with Calvin:

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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #38 on: January 08, 2010, 07:58:23 AM »
I sure as hell wouldnt come here.
Not with Kim Jung Il ,bush/Cheney and Gordon Brown.

Theyre proof that inteligent life does not exist on earth.
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #39 on: January 08, 2010, 08:01:16 AM »
Quote from: JackFrost on January 07, 2010, 10:52:38 PM
I happen to agree with Calvin:



There was quite a bit of wisdom snuck into the C&H strips.
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« Reply #40 on: January 08, 2010, 08:03:40 AM »
Hmmm,,maybe a new religion for the Dolphin race.
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« Reply #41 on: January 08, 2010, 08:05:50 AM »
Quote from: dweez on January 08, 2010, 08:01:16 AM
There was quite a bit of wisdom snuck into the C&H strips.

Does that mean they were aliens?


Maybe instead of extending rights to less intelligent creatures than ourselves, the way to go may be to remove some rights from the dumber humans.

Quote from: Robin-Graves on January 08, 2010, 08:03:40 AM
Hmmm,,maybe a new religion for the Dolphin race.

I've a feeling dolphins are way to smart to get mixed up with religion.
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #42 on: January 08, 2010, 08:08:49 AM »
Quote from: redlandslide on January 08, 2010, 08:05:50 AM
Does that mean they were aliens?


Maybe instead of extending rights to less intelligent creatures than ourselves, the way to go may be to remove some rights from the dumber humans.



What? Then the pretty people like Paris Hilton wont know they have a right to be pretty!
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I've a feeling dolphins are way to smart to get mixed up with religion.

Yeah,, I wish humans were a tenth as smart as dolphins.

Atleast they know not to piss the neighbor with a bad attitude off
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #43 on: January 08, 2010, 08:12:02 AM »
It would be fun to see all types of missionaries trying to convert dolphins
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Re: "non-human" persons?
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2010, 08:23:12 AM »
I allways think missionaries are funny,, and im a licensed minister. For real.
Have been for years,, and I still find religion a farce.
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