RE: Primate Rights

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 10:55:00 BST

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    From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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    I know what you mean, but have we ever given animals voting rights, just as
    an example?

    (apart from Caligula who made his horse a senator!)

    > ----------
    > From: Wade T.Smith
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:41 pm
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    > Subject: Re: Primate Rights
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    > Vincent Campbell made this comment not too long ago --
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    > >the notion of regarding another
    > >species as deserving of the same treatment as our own.
    >
    > >From what I've seen of much of history, there is no difference in the way
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    > humans treat any species.
    >
    > - Wade
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