Re: Harpoon Not, Lest Ye Be on the Dinner Menu Next

[Dennis R Redmond <dredmond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Doyle Saylor wrote:

> Your pithy statements do not acknowledge that depth of thinking needed.
> Alluding to Melville as a touchstone of depth is not enough.  You must show
> something in your thinking that goes beyond silly interpretations of what
> other animals could possibly be thinking.

(1) Animals do indeed think. Ask any pet-owner.
(2) We're animals, too.
(3) We ought to be better than our natural and social prehistory.
(4) Hubble has discovered a bunch of planets orbiting around suns, so the
chance that other species are out there in the universe is pretty high.

I'd quote some Vogon poetry, but 'nuff said on this thread.

-- Dennis