On Apr 15, 2009, at 10:20 PM, ravi wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
>>
>>> Hell, you don't even know that other adult human beings suffer.
>>> You could be the only one, a special mutant.
>>
>> Adults can tell me, and that gives humans a special place in my
>> heart, even if they're too young to speak.
>
>
> I find this argument weak, unless you follow through that it is fine
> to eat humans who cannot express their suffering in ways dissimilar
> from other animals.
Humans get a pass from me, even if they can't speak. Unless they're, say, trying to hurt my wife or kid.
Doug