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"Pan Ohco" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:25:01 GMT, (Curly
> Sue) wrote:
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> >>What we do to animals is to restrict their movements. If they were
> >>thinking beings that might be a problem. But they are not. Other then
> >>that the human feed & water them and keep them alive longer then if
> >>they had been in the wild.
> >
> >Yes, it's a problem, even if you mistakenly believe that only humans
> >think. How could anyone who claims to have humanity not be disgusted
> >by veal crates, gestation cages, or discarding half-dead animals in
> >piles?
>
> Sue have you ever interacted with a cow?

You need only interact with common pets to know that animals have instincts,
intellect, emotion, and can feel pain. I think that animals also have souls.

> And what is your proof that not only humans have independent thought.?

You are asking her to prove something that she never claimed. It makes it
look as though you're propping up your beliefs by discrediting her.