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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 26 May 2000 13:51:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> To put my stance in perspective, and I expect the vast majority of you to
> disagree, I don't feel that there is any moral difference between testing
> drugs on Negros or homosexuals (or any other group) and testing drugs on
> monkeys or cats.
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> > Further, he must by definition be either a full vegetarian or a full
> > cannibal, at least in principle.
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> I don't think so. By my above statements: I could be a full cannibal-but I'd
> also have to think that eating other animals was OK, just not as tasty. Or I
> could eat anything that I wanted to - people, veggies, beef, whatever - that's
> still in keeping with my expressed logic.
Okay, but my point was that if you equate humans (of any group) with animals
(also, presumably, of any group), then you would see no difference between
eating people and eating "animals." Thus any meat consumption would be
equivalent to eating human flesh.
> Or I could be a full vegetarian, eschewing all meat intake equally.
Just make sure to eschew before you swallow.
Dave!
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| (...) that's (...) Right. And that is, in fact, what I believe. But I assumed by "full cannibal" you meant that I would eat human but no other meat. That idea can't be logically derived from what I wrote. Were I to resort to eating any animals (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) I think that there is a real inherent difference between eating human flesh and eating other animal flesh, because there is a difference between being Fully Animal, and Merely Animal. To explain: The fact that humans possess all of the basic (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) other (...) I don't think so. By my above statements: I could be a full cannibal - but I'd also have to think that eating other animals was OK, just not as tasty. Or I could eat anything that I wanted to - people, veggies, beef, whatever - (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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