Human rights for chimps?

[N88TR]

Originally Posted by Locomotor

Have any of you put any actual thought into the issue of animal rights? Because it is a very scientific, moral, and philosophical subject, that deserves much more consideration than is being shown in here. I suppose it's real easy to obey Genesis, however serious discussion of the topic begins with thought.

Are you serious? So what if we cut up the animals and store them in rusty cages? It might say we don't value the animals' lives but we probably don't because we're using them as disposable laboratories for our scientific/medical experiments. Being cruel to animals does not neccessarily translate to being a bad person. Sometimes you have to break eggs to make an omelet. When we find the cure for cancer using white rabbits, no one is going to care how many we killed [the word you'd probably use] to get to the results we wanted.

[Locomotor]

Originally Posted by n88tr

Are you serious?

Huh? Am I serious that the issue deserves serious consideration? Yes.

[N88TR]

Originally Posted by Locomotor

Huh? Am I serious that the issue deserves serious consideration? Yes.

You're funny. I like you.

[Anlushac11]

I agree with Locomotor.

Maybe it should not be referred to as human rights for chimps but there should be consideration given for chimp rights.

[glowing]

The main reason Man is at the top of the food chain is his/her ability to realise the intelligence of animals and respond to animals as members of the community, choosing relationships rather than direct hunter/hunted. Most of these relationships have been mutually beneficial, some have been exploitative. In the case of the wolf, Man would probably have become extinct without the symbiosis.