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   From: Z@erkonx.net   
      
   On Fri, 21 May 2010 16:59:19 -0700, Immortalist wrote:   
      
   > If this is true should we continue treating animals cruelly and   
   > carelessly?   
      
   First let 'we' recognize that a Society to Prevent Animal Cruelty served   
   as a model for >Later< child welfare agencies. Still to this day humans   
   can be depicted being slaughtered in great number as entertainment but   
   animals will not be.   
      
   Secondly there is no 'if this is true' of course it is true. The only   
   thing recent about this is the evidence has become more dramatic. It is   
   just plain silly to still wonder if animals possess what we call   
   intelligence. Bird feeder vs squirrels anyone? The term Horse Sense did   
   not just come from wacky weed and bad trail mix.   
      
   What we have too carelessly done is to be cut off from our own process of   
   action. Glossy glam Pictures of cow gutting do not grace the MacDonald   
   Happy Meal menu items. There is a very deep and important question here,   
   as there is in our now too easy Wars, of why we do not want it shown.   
      
   This is not a either/or choice. A sameness exists in human nature.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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