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Old 02-10-2004, 06:06 PM   #13
OnyxCougar
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I don't consider myself an animal, because I don't believe evolution happened. That is to say, I don't think my ancestor is a "primordial soup".

I'm not against homosexuality, I don't care what consenting adults do in their bedroom. Simply saying, "well, LOOK!! Animals do it too!" doesen't fly with me. This was my favorite part of the article:


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Still, scientists warn about drawing conclusions about humans. "For some people, what animals do is a yardstick of what is and isn't natural," Mr. Vasey said. "They make a leap from saying if it's natural, it's morally and ethically desirable."

But he added: "Infanticide is widespread in the animal kingdom. To jump from that to say it is desirable makes no sense. We shouldn't be using animals to craft moral and social policies for the kinds of human societies we want to live in. Animals don't take care of the elderly. I don't particularly think that should be a platform for closing down nursing homes."
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