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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (33159)3/23/1999 4:06:00 PM
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Stop it! I have to get outta here!

It was one of the antecedents, but if you read it, you will see that it is the funniest and most facetious of them:

I believe that it is the mark of a sentient
creature to be able to rise above such biological
obstaclettes. To proclaim one's victimhood due
to "brain magnetite" is a thorough abdication of
virtue.

And of course although it would take considerable rationality for any creature to rise above obstaclettes or to abdicate virtue, not to mention proclaiming anything at all, the post doesn't use the word 'rational,' and this has been a discussion about the nuances of certain very specific words. Still, it suggests to me that to the growing list of adjectives, including 'rational,' that it might be interesting to decide which species might lay claim to, 'virtue' might be added.

Edit: this link to a post I wrote gives my understanding of what the discussion was about-- which was essentially the relationship of consciousness to sentiency, and, then, what 'consciousness' means:

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