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  •  We're not monkeys. We *evolved* from monkeys. (1+ / 0-)

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    Call me crazy for thinking that the intervening millennia should count for something.

    "Animals are my friends. And I don't eat my friends." -- George Bernard Shaw

    by Hudson on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 09:48:35 PM PDT

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    •  It only created the delusion (1+ / 0-)

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      that we are that biologically different.

      We aren't.

      It pisses many people off, especially religious types, but it is what it is. We are mammals.

      Enough triangulation, calculation & equivocation... regular politics won't do... so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief - Molly Ivins on Hillary

      by Judgment at Nuremberg on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:16:43 PM PDT

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      •  Your argument is excessively redundant (0+ / 0-)

        So "We're mammals!" is now a catch-all excuse for politicians behaving abominably.

        Is killing and incest acceptable to us because these phenomena also occur among mammals?

        No. We obviously are mammals, but we also have a consciousness which allows us to make choices that go beyond impulsive, instinctual or irrational behaviors.

        "Animals are my friends. And I don't eat my friends." -- George Bernard Shaw

        by Hudson on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:31:30 PM PDT

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    •  no we are part of the monkey family (0+ / 0-)

      just a lot less hair but animals just the same.

      by skippythebox on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 11:32:35 PM PDT

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