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Summing up my post......if an animal is VERY similar to a human, why is it okay to kill/harm/commit a horrible act to an animal-but one you would NEVER do to a human?
Is it because they aren’t intelligent, and thus don’t deserve the same protection human beings get?
There are plenty of higher level animals which are on the level of, or close to human intelligence......primates and Cetacean's
(whale + dolphins) are basically on the same level we are.......and many other mammals are close......anyone who has owned dogs or cats for much of their life will tell you they are FAR from unintelligent.....
Dolphins have much larger, and even more organized brains then humans do......you COULD say they are more intelligent, though they haven’t had the luck to discover tool use, or the advantage of an education......look at a 15 year old human who has never been taught anything, and a 15 year old dolphin and tell me who displays more intelligence....
So, intelligence isn’t the issue?
Ah, its must be because were humans, and their animals, right?
Well what is a "human"? Someone who is born a vegetable, or becomes one is still considered human and given the protection that normal humans receive. Phenotype variants(Siamese twins) and genotype mutants(people with 6 fingers...downe syndrome....plenty of examples) are still considered human.
Ah, so its not the "body" then, its the DNA right?
Any student of science will tell you that we shair more then 97% of our DNA with primates.......and DNA between people can vary 3-7%….
Humans have emotions which animals do not?
Wrong again........higher level mammals have the same emotions we do...
Only humans use tools!
Wrong......primates use tools, dolphins have been known to use tools, otters use tools......
Humans have a soul-animals don’t!
You cant prove this any more then you can prove that humans have a soul....unless you can prove your opinion with facts, it has no merit, and thus it is despotic to force it upon others.
I know this comes off as VERY aggressive, and probably somewhat arrogant, but will someone PLEASE prove to me why higher levels mammals, or other sentient animals shouldn’t receive the same protection that humans do?
Im pissed off because someone I cannot disagree with if I value my job....she went on in great detail how it is fine to exploit monkeys etc........venting here.
Is it because they aren’t intelligent, and thus don’t deserve the same protection human beings get?
There are plenty of higher level animals which are on the level of, or close to human intelligence......primates and Cetacean's
(whale + dolphins) are basically on the same level we are.......and many other mammals are close......anyone who has owned dogs or cats for much of their life will tell you they are FAR from unintelligent.....
Dolphins have much larger, and even more organized brains then humans do......you COULD say they are more intelligent, though they haven’t had the luck to discover tool use, or the advantage of an education......look at a 15 year old human who has never been taught anything, and a 15 year old dolphin and tell me who displays more intelligence....
So, intelligence isn’t the issue?
Ah, its must be because were humans, and their animals, right?
Well what is a "human"? Someone who is born a vegetable, or becomes one is still considered human and given the protection that normal humans receive. Phenotype variants(Siamese twins) and genotype mutants(people with 6 fingers...downe syndrome....plenty of examples) are still considered human.
Ah, so its not the "body" then, its the DNA right?
Any student of science will tell you that we shair more then 97% of our DNA with primates.......and DNA between people can vary 3-7%….
Humans have emotions which animals do not?
Wrong again........higher level mammals have the same emotions we do...
Only humans use tools!
Wrong......primates use tools, dolphins have been known to use tools, otters use tools......
Humans have a soul-animals don’t!
You cant prove this any more then you can prove that humans have a soul....unless you can prove your opinion with facts, it has no merit, and thus it is despotic to force it upon others.
I know this comes off as VERY aggressive, and probably somewhat arrogant, but will someone PLEASE prove to me why higher levels mammals, or other sentient animals shouldn’t receive the same protection that humans do?
Im pissed off because someone I cannot disagree with if I value my job....she went on in great detail how it is fine to exploit monkeys etc........venting here.
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