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Re: Responsible Hunting
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Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:17:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:

> By the way, in a small flock of chickens, the individual birds exhibit clearly
> differentiated personalities. So does that indicate the kind of stupidity that
> you're claiming?

  Out of curiosity, how is this determined, other than by casual observation?
And how broad a range of behaviors do the chickens exhibit?  This would seem
central to a useful discussion of chicken intelligence.
  By the way, is your use of "personalities" in this context an unfortunate
accident of anthropomorphizing or a subtle method of propaganda?

     Dave!



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(...) clearly (...) that (...) Hi, I'm out of town and this is likely to be my last access to the net until Monday or Tuesday, so I'm a bit behind. In backward order: It was not a subtle propoganda on my part, but now that it's pointed out, I think (...) (26 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Responsible Hunting (was Re: We are what we eat. Or is that "whom we eat?")
 
(...) obviously (...) beef (...) OK, my bad. I had been using the deer (even prior to your entry into the discussion) as an icon for the other animals in general. that was sloppy of me. I am willing to disucuss any given animal's capabilities (...) (26 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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