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Originally posted by Reaper+Sep 8 2005, 02:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Reaper @ Sep 8 2005, 02:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-troutman@Sep 8 2005, 01:52 PM
Ever walk a chicken or have one lay on the foot of your bed tending to you while you were sick?
No, but there are dogs that help the blind and police. Pigs that find truffles. Horses that pull loads.
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I wasn't really going for the "animals that work" angle as much as I was going for the "companion animal" angle.
We eat chickens because we as humans don't socialize with them like we do with dogs.
It's the same as with cows. If people kept them in their houses as we do other domesticated animals we would probably never eat them. [/b][/quote]
As nasty as it sounds, lots of people eat lots of dogs. I don't socialize with dogs, so is it okay that I eat one?
Not being a pet-person, I maybe can't appreciate it fully, but it is my learned opinion that people are considerably more valuable. Judging by the spay/neuter campaign and what goes on in animal shelters, I think the decision has already been made.
Anyone who would save their cat over another human being is, IMO, screwy in the head. How could you live the rest of your life knowing that you let a person die so you could have a few more years with a pet? Talk about selfish.