----- Original Message ----- From: "ravi" <gadfly at exitleft.org>
>
> if (as i would agree) the life of a rat is as sacred as that of
a cow,
> then how about the lives of ticks and other such creatures that
live on
> farm animals and which, i presume, are killed using various
means by
> farmers? of course there are a large set (perhaps larger) of
insects
> that affect plants, but can we really conclude either way until
the
> count is in?
>
> --ravi
=============
"all societies require interplay with their environment; and in the case of living societies this interplay takes the form of robbery. The living society may, or may not, be a higher type of organism than the food which it disintegrates. But whether or no it be for the general good, life is robbery. It is at this point that with life morals become acute. The robber requires justification." [A N Whitehead, Process & Reality, 105]