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   From: rupertmccallum@yahoo.com   
      
   On Oct 16, 7:25 pm, dh@. wrote:   
   > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:14:04 -0700 (PDT), Rupert    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >On Oct 15, 11:14 pm, Goo wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Rupert is off doing telemarketing in Germany at present.   
   >   
   > >I am doing a post-doc at the University of M nster.   
   >   
   >     Here's an easy experiment for you, but please be honest about the   
   results.   
   > Ask some of the students if they can comprehend the distinction between lives   
   > which are of positive value and lives which are of negative value for   
   different   
   > beings.   
      
   It's a bit difficult to do that. I don't have any teaching duties and   
   I don't speak German very well. Would you like me to ask some of my   
   colleagues?   
      
   > The distinction applies to humans as well as other animals, and wildlife   
   > as well as domestic animals. See if any of the subjects are unable to relate   
   to   
   > the distinction in ANY group of animals or humans. If they say that they   
   have no   
   > problem with it in any group as I expect, then you might tell them that you   
   > still can't appreciate it for any creatures at all and see what they say   
   about   
   > that. Their reaction to you telling them that is something I'm quite   
   interested   
   > in, as you should be too. The people I've discussed it with have never had   
   any   
   > problem with the concept and agree that someone who has a problem with it is   
   > extremely unlikely to be able to obtain a PhD, and possibly even a driver's   
   > license.   
      
   I've never tried to get a driver's license.   
      
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