Re: [Zen] how good is that?

[uerusuboyo]

Merle,<br/><br/>Take your time. I'm not going anywhere!<br/><br/>Yes, I've had 
dogs since I was 10 years old. My last one was an Australian Cattle Dog - 
smartest dog in the world! People don't know what they're missing by not having 
one. But even if I grant you they might exhibit some degree of empathy, it's 
nothing as developed as ours. Break the leg of one dog and throw down a piece 
of meat and watch how the others will rush past it to get at the food. We can 
display empathy and compassion to the point of dying for the other. I just 
think putting animals on a pedestal as being somehow more noble than us is 
idealistic and naive to the extreme. I'd risk my neck to get my daughter's cat 
out of the tree, but I don't think the cat would reciprocate - even if it could 
carry me by the scruff of my neck.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! 
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