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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by Natsu on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @12:30PM (#8789059)
Of course, it's "speceisist" to swat mosquitoes, as well, if you take it far enough and I'm not a big fan of labelism in general.

Personally, in that case, I'd have ruled that they have no standing to represent the animal as they are neither related nor has the animal agreed to their representation.

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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by irremediable on Saturday December 27, 2014 @07:49PM (#8804639)
Is it speciesist to swat mosquitoes? I'd swat a person if they tried to suck my blood...
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by Natsu on Saturday December 27, 2014 @08:41PM (#8804774)
You wouldn't kill them for it, though... probably. And you'd be in trouble if you did.
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Re:An Orangutan Has Some Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules by irremediable on Monday December 29, 2014 @09:27PM (#8812998)
Well, to be fair, I think you could claim self-defence against someone attempting to practise vampirism on you. ;)

I see your point though; if a person were doing as little harm as a mosquito does, most people wouldn't kill them in retaliation.

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