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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (20754)	6/29/2005 12:58:12 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) of 28931

"The real question is how smart does an ape or dolphin have to be to get some respect around here." That is also a valid point, since we are attempting to define limits on what is and is not a human being, and what entitles one, once categorized as a human being, as having rights of membership in our society of human beings. Certainly apes or dolphins have some consideration for entitlements based on thier abilities to communicate, to socialize, and as creatures of intelligence. It does not qualify them to human entitlements but it distinguishes their entitlements in comparison with a cabbage. They will never be entitled to membership into human being. Do their characteristics garner them an entitlement to some of the considerations usually set aside for human beings. Do we deny some human beings these same considerations? Based on what? Is the family dog, for example, entitled to more than a homeless person. Practically speaking that is the case but do we support the same contentions in our founding principles of law? It seems this is only when we establish our dominion over other creatures as property of ownership.

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