Now this persons comparing themselves to Ghandi! How ridiculous!
Bertina
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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As the word "person" derives from a word meaning "mask" or "face", and since
> cows do indeed have faces, it is not absurd to extend the word "person"
> towards them. In fact, using criteria of face -- as in looking in the face,
> looking in the eyes -- is a pretty good one. Can you look a person in the face
> while you kill them / keep them locked in totally unnatural conditions for
> ridiculous periods / genetically alter them / mutilate them?
>
> And again, regarding "self-righteousness", no one has answered the question
> of whether they condemn murder, torture, or enslavement in the human realm. I
> am simply extending this to other persons mammalian or avarian. If you think
> that those who have a problem with these in the human realm are "self-
> righteous", then I guess by extension I am as well ; however, obviously we
> don't share the same criteria.
>
> I don't get any sense of "self-righteousness" or "superiority". I simply have
> stopped participating in ethically appalling acts. I have the blood of 20
> years on me that keeps me from feeling superior to anyone. It's simply a
> matter of facing facts, and deciding how one is going to position oneself
> accordingly.
>
