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We are all monkeys, sorry.
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 09:43:42 PM PDT
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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
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.
by Judgment at Nuremberg on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:16:43 PM PDT
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.
by Hudson on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:31:30 PM PDT
just a lot less hair but animals just the same.
by skippythebox on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 11:32:35 PM PDT
... any difference between monkeys and humans?
Ever asked a monkey to perform a wire transfer?
by Hudson on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 08:00:58 AM PDT
have you noticed much difference between people and monkies?
We just dress up out bullshit a lot more with words.
by skippythebox on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 11:57:41 AM PDT
wide narrow
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