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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (79332)	12/1/2003 7:22:45 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

There is a middle ground here. I am very familiar with many religious traditions obligating humans to sustain their environment and to care and preserve. I don't personally believe there is such an obligation although I support such a value. But this is not the same as saying that acorns have rights. To state that all matter has "rights" simply insults and sneers at human values... I think you are confusing a supposed spiritual onus (an obligation or duty) with an entitlement from something which has no interest and thus no sense of value and thus no right. You may feel you have an obligation to treat a rock a certain way because of how it affects your environment and future. But all treatments of the rock are equal to the rock. The rock has no interest, and it thus has no preference, and it thus has no concept of value, and it thus can have no "right". Nothing makes a difference to the rock. The difference is to you only. It is ludicrous to speak of a "right" regarding something which is incapable of experiencing either gain or loss. NONSENSE.