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Originally Posted by Steve G
Words fail me here. The comparison of 'speciesism' (is that even a word?) with racism is completely spurious and very offensive. In order for there to be
rights there must also be responsibilites. How exactly do you propose for animals to fulfil their responsibilities?
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It's a word used by PETA, and all words started somewhere at some time.
Do you propose to take rights away from babies and children, alzheimers patients, disabled and learning difficulties people, and permanent income support and benefits claimers who are perfectly capable of work then?
Typical colonialist mentality, see sheep blissfully grazing in the sun, go capture and exploit them. The sheep owe you as much responsibilities as Aborigines and Red Indians owed to violent, greedy, arrogant thugs. Give them a portion of land and leave them be, they don't owe humans anything whatsoever, never mind responsibilities.
A civilized society should operate through fair co-operation, if the animals don't ask anything of humans, then they are not obliged to give humans any responsibilities.
The only animals we should be allowed to kill are those which would attack humans, this policy would lead to a world of peaceful herbivores, Utopia would be so easy to achieve if everyone stopped voting all the power to greedy twisted devils.