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- From: pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN)
- Subject: Re: Killing animals (was Re: hunting dog wanted)
- Message-ID: <C1HqJy.7rp@ecf.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
- References: <1993Jan26.014334.6490@cdf.toronto.edu> <C1H6Jq.13M@ecf.toronto.edu> <1993Jan26.193225.4634@cdf.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:21:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.193225.4634@cdf.toronto.edu> g0ack@cdf.toronto.edu (Andy Brownbill) writes:
- >In article <C1H6Jq.13M@ecf.toronto.edu> pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN) writes:
- >>
- >> 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 remember being told this way back in grade school. Unfortunately, the
- >ground here is frozen, and I can not get any worms to try this out. When
- >the ground thaws, though, I'll take knife to worm and let you know what
- >happens.
- >
- I was told all sorts of blatently false stuff in grade school, too. I
- remember writing "nature abhors a vacuum" on a test...
- You know, you're just setting yourself up to get flamed about the cruelty
- to the worm...
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