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- From: rbutterw@math.uwaterloo.ca (Ray Butterworth [MFCF])
- Subject: Re: Killing animals (was Re: hunting dog wanted)
- Message-ID: <C1HDsz.K59@math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: Math Faculty Computing Facility, University of Waterloo
- References: <C1F7Kq.Lxr@math.uwaterloo.ca> <1993Jan26.014334.6490@cdf.toronto.edu> <C1H6Jq.13M@ecf.toronto.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:46:11 GMT
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- In article <C1H6Jq.13M@ecf.toronto.edu> pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.014334.6490@cdf.toronto.edu> g0ack@cdf.toronto.edu (Andy Brownbill) writes:
- >>Actually, I'm not sure about this, but I think if you cut a worm in
- >>half, both ends will still live and become active, productive, members
- >>of worm society. You have to cut the worm up into a few pieces before
- >>you start doing damage.
- >
- > First worms aren't animals, and then they live after you cut them in half.
- >Where do you people get your information? Worms -- at least earthworms, which
- >is what we're talking about -- sure are classified as animals. And the
- >two halfs might crawl away after you cut the thing in half, but they die soon
- >afterwards. A chicken runs around after you cut its head off, but it's dead
- >soon...
-
- I think we were arguing about cruelty to animals, not about whether
- the animal is actually killed or not. So, even if it did work as
- advertised, given a choice of being cut into two or having sex,
- which would your preferred means of reproduction be?
-