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Originally Posted by cranks
You are trying to establish an arbitrary ranking among different life forms. Whale is better than pig, pig is better than fish. Only God can establish such an ranking. You are obviously not God.
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Arbitrary? I dont think that self awareness is arbitrary. I think its a pretty big deal. As a human I thought you would agree with me.
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Originally Posted by cranks
That's not to say we shouldn't be more attached to one species than another. We all like smart mammals than fish and that's a natural, probably a good, emotion. But just because you are more attached to whales than pigs, it doesn't make you a superior being. That attitude is based on the feeling of superiority and it will easily lead to racism. See just how much people started saying "fucking Japs!" regarding the dolphin hunt. It reminds me that Hitler was a vegetarian.
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I WOULD agree with this if I didnt have a perfectly GOOD reason to differentiate self aware species with non-aware species.