(September 17, 2013 at 1:24 pm)Esquilax Wrote: It's not. I'm saying beings with our degree of sentience and reasoning power; you do understand that people are somewhat unique on the planet in terms of cognition, yes?OK, why is "our degree of sentience and reasoning power" the cutoff?
Quote:I believe I also said that we don't allow broad, point-making killing of animals for no reason either, didn't I? If I decided to kill my neighbor's cat because she displeased me, I'd be done for animal cruelty.And I countered that you can kill entire colonies of ants with no repercussions. You haven't responded to this point.
Quote:So your claim that greater intelligence equals a right to take life falls down the moment you actually compare the reaction to killing animals to make a point to the reaction you give to god killing all the first borns.Er, yes, people have a bigger reaction to the killing of people than to ants. Your point?
