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Subject:	Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:34:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > Here is where we diverge a bit. I'm not a vegetarian and never will be. I see > it as OK to eat meat of non sentient creatures, and I see it as a difference > of kind, not degree. We genetically are omnivores, not herbivores. How do we define 'sentient?' Is it different to eat a chicken than it would be to eat Koko the sign-language-using gorilla? -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily?"

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		Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
(...) In kind? No. In degree, yes. At least I think so. I'm not much in the mood for gorilla meat but I've seen chickens perform tricks. Not as elaborate ones, mind you. I guess I'm saying I'm not sure gorillas are sentient. But then, I'm not sure (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
Rearranged the order a bit. Chris said: (...) Zero-th order answer: None. To that approximation, we're in agreement. Chicken fighting is something I'd never indulge in, never bet on, and never view. Further, I'd rather my kids didn't play games that (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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