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2008-05-04 Europe

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2008-05-04 10:09|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The Lemming Gene:

No wonder the Caliphate Islamics are so sure of themselves..

Posted by RD">RD 2008-05-04 14:58|| 2008-05-04 14:58|| Front Page Top

#2 These people are sufficiently mentally ill that no truly humane society should allow them to vote.

Does that sound harsh? Tough. This mental illness that devalues and deconstructs humanity's place on this planet, if allowed to go unchecked much further, will be the death of our species, which would probably make the po-mo leftist crowd happy.

We should take all of the animal rights crazies, the philosophers who say that a newborn isn't fully sentient, and the "environmentalists" who say that humans should not thrive, and do the right thing. Have the balls to mark them as being insane, and deny them plebiscite.

The consequences of not doing so could mean the end of humanity.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-05-04 15:48|| 2008-05-04 15:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Pagan fatwas are the fastest growing Swiss industry.

Posted by ed 2008-05-04 16:44|| 2008-05-04 16:44|| Front Page Top

#4 You'll need a permit to murder the grass, and then buy those chlorophyll offset credits at the algore booth? Who's running this planet anyway?

Posted by Muggsy Gling 2008-05-04 16:48|| 2008-05-04 16:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Live your teachings. (So starve already) or shut up.
Either way, the concept is disastrous.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-05-04 17:52|| 2008-05-04 17:52|| Front Page Top

#6 The GLOBAL COLLECTIVE = SPECIALTY FARM riseth.

"Decapitates some wildflowers" > CRAB/ELEPHANT GRASS GANG DELINQUENTS - "HAHA - WILFLOWERS NEED IMPLANTS" {Simpsons]? HUMAN-WILDFLOWER RAPE?

FARK.com > I Gut Nuthin'.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-04 19:54|| 2008-05-04 19:54|| Front Page Top

#7 "The trees were screaming."

--Ed Chigliak, Northern Exposure episode "Dateline: Cicely"

Posted by Mike 2008-05-04 20:39|| 2008-05-04 20:39|| Front Page Top

#8 "Soylent Green is people." I never got that. What does it mean?

Posted by Mr Stupid 2008-05-04 21:15|| 2008-05-04 21:15|| Front Page Top

#9 no haz the Google?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-05-04 21:24|| 2008-05-04 21:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Say a prayer to the wheat god before you harvest the field. Oh, wait, there's no wheat god. Well, plants have rights, we think.

Animals either eat other creatures, or they die. It's that simple. If you object, go die quietly somewhere.

The rest is an evolving argument about needless waste and reduction of suffering when you do the necessary thing. At what point do these actions become criminal? Is is possible to commit a crime terminating a plant, as it is when terminating an animal? Should horse racing be banned to avoid unpleasant, possibly criminal, eventualities? PETA thinks so. An abberation or the wave of the future?

If I have a nice 24 inch maple, is it criminal to burn it instead of making furniture? What if it's a black walnut? What if it's blocking my view? My neighbor's view? My solar panel?

Maybe a license is needed every time you terminate something; that's the modern way. Rocks have rights, too. After all, they've been around a long time.

Is it ethical to destroy a fossil? A Ford Pinto? A Ferrari Barchetta?

Posted by KBK 2008-05-04 21:42|| 2008-05-04 21:42|| Front Page Top

#11 So what will the 'Keep Off the Grass" signs be made of? Can't use wood or paper, since pine trees have feelings too.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-05-04 23:45|| 2008-05-04 23:45|| Front Page Top

#12 People of course.

Its amazing how the same people who are so in-your-face about protecting animals (and now plants) don't have any problem at all about the unborn.

Just saying....

Posted by Bertie Unavimble7376 2008-05-04 23:59|| 2008-05-04 23:59|| Front Page Top

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