On 04/08/2006, at 9:20 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Medical categories are just that, categories. Women are
different from men,
premature infants display less cognitive ability than some grown
non-human
primates....yet killing an infant is murder, just as killing an
adult is,
and just as killing an ape isn't. It's acceptable black and white
for
most...excluding some strident animal rights activists.
Not even strident ones. Many people believe that our fellow great
apes deserve more consideration (limited "human" rights, if you
will), than, say, cows.
900 million Hindus are very fond of cows.
<g> Well spotted.
Charlie
I'll Set Them Up, You Knock Them In Maru
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