XPost: sci.physics, talk.politics.guns, alt.checkmate   
   XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian   
   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 12/4/2019 7:37 PM, OrigInfoJunkie wrote:   
   > On 12/4/2019 3:14 PM, &y wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 12:10:44 -0800, OrigInfoJunkie wrote:   
   >>> On 12/4/2019 5:55 AM, &y wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 15:17:18 -0700, Just Wondering wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Animals have rights.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Correct.   
   >>>   
   >>> No, false.  Animals do not, and *cannot*, have rights.   
   >>   
   >> Support that claim or let it remain invalid.   
   >   
   > Animals are the wrong class of entity to have rights.  ...   
   >   
   > The notion that humans "owe" rights to non-human animals is speciesist.   
      
   This is what comes of too much clipping.  What I actually   
   wrote, tongue firmly in cheek, was "Animals have rights.   
   Pigs have the right to give us tasty bacon and ham."   
   Now, if you want to discuss whether pigs are tastier   
   than cows, or if chickens are tastier than turkeys, ...   
      
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