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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: Father Terrence who wrote (30218)2/5/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: Sidney Reilly  Read Replies (3) of 108807
 
FT,

Not so at all:

<< By your logic we should drop all language, for that is "unnatural".>>

Animals have languages and communicate, we are just much more sophisticated.

<<We should stop
farming fields, for that is "unnatural">>

Animals cooperate to find food. Even store it for bad times.

<<we should stop most of modern civilization,
because that is "unnatural", including surgery and medicine, because that is
"unnatural".>>

I believe animals know what plants to eat when they are sick. Is that medicine? They don't perform surgery (they are not intelligent enough) unless you consider gnawing off a leg to get out of a trap surgery.

<<Then we should allow approximately 4 1/2 billion people to die from
starvation, disease and pestilence -- hey, it's okay... that's natural!>>

The UN let's certain populations starve because of politics, but that is unnatural. The natural instinct would be to preserve life. Animals protect their young and also cooperate for defense from predators.

Bob
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