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"Animal Rights"

It may seem quite controversial to argue against animal rights but I have a raging feminist girl in my college class who argues about absolutely everything and she has pushed me to the psychological limit and provoked a bit of deep thinking on my part.

Since the dinosaurs perished and mankind became the dominant species on Earth, we have remained unchallenged. Well over 2000 years have gone by and we haven’t had a challenge to our power, a single species (namely us) has pretty much unlimited power. People talk about how intelligent dolphins and dogs are and how they are almost as clever as humans and even show human traits so should be treated equally. A few hundred years ago before the slave trade was abolished, black people were treated worse than animals despite the fact that they were in fact human.

Before the world decides to give animals all these special rights I think we need to sort out human rights before. Racial hatred is at an all time high and before animals start getting treated the same as humans, other humans need to start respecting each other and treat each other as equals.

If animals are smart enough to understand they aren’t treated equally then why don’t they go ahead and do something about it? Why, because they aren’t that smart. I am against animal cruelty for sure, I love animals and hate so see battery farming, fox hunting and animal testing going ahead but we need to develop a perspective. Our fellow man is more important than any animals. No matter how much you love your little pet hamster, a human life is more valuable.

I’m interested to listen to your views on the matter, so go on, discuss.

Because they lack the technology and thumbs?

To be honest, I don't care but I'm bored and want to see 2 chickens fighting in a ring.

Chimps have thumbs.

I'm sure that chimps would nuke the hippos if they could. But they haven't got the technology. That's why, millions of years ago, primates learnt to use tools and then they evolved into us.

Possibly, but they can't so they don't. Only humans so readily destroy everything in our path.

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No word on helmets though

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Insane Bartender wrote:

> Also, I've not yet come across chimps indiscriminately slaughtering
> aquatic life by testing nuclear weapons "out of harm's
> way", leaving an immediate catastrophic hole in the ecosystem,
> and damging hundreds of future generation of wildlife due to
> radiation poisoning.

Yet Chimps took an active part in the space programme, which has consequently led to the development of weapons technology and potentially projects like "Starwars"; where the proliferation of nuclear weapons will be matched with the provision of space based missle systems.

Damn dirty apes.

Yes, chimps signed up for the space programme of their own free will.


*nods head uncontrollably*

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Yes, chimps signed up for the space programme of their own free will.
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> *nods head uncontrollably*

You see my argument is as stupid as yours.

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