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From: gwhawkins@watrose.UUCP (gwhawkins)
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Subject: Re: Another small question.
Message-ID: <7431@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 13:12:25 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  9 13:12:25 1985
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> Because human society decided (quite rationally) that human beings' lives are
> not things to be toyed with, that each human being has rights to life, and
> that (more often than not) human beings are not food.  The value of human
> beings' lives is considered a priority of our morality.
> "It's a lot like life..."			 Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr

Saying that human society decided that humans have rights ignores all of
history.  WE decided that WE have rights.  The WE here is very subjective.
WE never refers to slaves.  WE, for some people today, includes animals
(although insects are still not WE {but are wee} and therefore killing 
THEM for their pelts is OK).

WE are making a mistake when WE substitute HUMANS for WE and say that 
everyone makes this association.

		larry fast (Universty of Waterloo)
		broadcasting from exile