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To: jbe who wrote (52032)	8/18/1999 11:36:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

well, naturally. (somebody STOP me...)

To: jbe who wrote (52032)	8/18/1999 11:41:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Why is this total silliness? While I don't agree with it, it is a perfectly logical and defensible position. If you accept that sea otters using rocks to break open oysters (which I have watched them do) is natural, is man using a stone axe not natural? And then what about steel axes, and plows, and then on to automobiles and space ships? There is, IMO, no neat place to draw a line and say "this use of tools is natural, but that use is not." As far as chemicals, many animals create chemicals more complex than most that we create. Slavery also exists within the insect kingdom, and termites build structures which, relative to our respective sizes, dwarf our largest buildings. I agree that there is something thatjust plain seems wrong with the argument that spaceships and skyscrapers are natural, but exactly what is it?