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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
human beings are not animals. Animals are incapable of feeing.
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You know that humans are mammals, right? And that we share over 95% of the same DNA as chimpanzees? Are you going to say the 5% difference is "human stuff" that "puts us out of the animal kingdom completely"?
And if (non-human) animals are incapable of feeling, then why are there laws against animal cruelty? And why does my dog go absolutely berserk when my SO comes home from work? Why does she seem dejected when my SO is at work? And what of animal behaviorists? Do they not exist as well?
Oh, then there's this:
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-28-2009 at 06:08 AM..
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