(March 9, 2011 at 1:07 pm)corndog36 Wrote: If you want to stretch the definition of parasite, then we are all little more than parasites. I find this point of view revolting.
He did not stretch the view as far as you. That you find it revolting is nice to know in a polite sort of way but immaterial as a basis for anything. You need to specify why you choose to define the boundary of parasite the way you do. Otherwise this degenerates into an argument motivated by preferences and carried on by assertions.