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Old 10-18-2006, 09:33 PM   #94
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Originally Posted by White Doors View Post
Animals to live free of exploitation?
What are they going to start arresting Lions on the Savannah in Africa that unfairly exploit Gazelles?

It's called nature.
That's one of my favorites. Praying Mantises eat their young. It's called nature. There are species of ants that have slaves. It's called nature. There are certain species of ducks where the male violently attacks the female before, during and after sex. It's called nature.

By nature, men hit women over the head and drag them back to the cave.

Or, we could say that are civilized and make our moral choices based on reason and the wish to not cause suffering rather than be neanderthals guided solely by natural instincts.
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