I was't necessarily trying to defend you Tiptup, I know you are able to do that yourself. I was more in it for defending the whole concept of reason.

Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark

Originally posted by: C3PX
I think putting an animal life at a higher value than a whole family of humans is pretty ignorant and uneducated, but hey, that is just me.

How so? I believe life is life, and all should be treated equal. We need to share the planet, and not own it.

Are you joking? I am going to assume you are. There is something extremely dicked up when people start seriously equating animal life with that of a humans. A life is a life? That means if you run over a puppy (on accident) it is no different than running over a child? In that case eating a BigMac might as well be cannibalism. When a cat kills a mouse are we going to put the thing on trial for murder? We need to share our planet, not own it? In nature animals eat other animals, why is it so evil for humans to eat animals? By this line of thought, you are saying a typically guy who likes to go hunting ones a year is as menacing as the D.C. sniper. Or a forest fire is as much of a tradgedy as the Oklahoma City bombing. I seriously hope people are not starting to think this way. If they do then society is in for a hell of a mess.