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Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:30:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Thompson writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > 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.
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> How do we define 'sentient?' Is it different to eat a chicken than
> it would be to eat Koko the sign-language-using gorilla?
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
some humans are either. Not that I'm in the mood for long pork, mind you...
++Lar
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