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Re:The orangutan trap by danieltillett on Sunday June 21, 2015 @10:27PM (#9755840)
Speciesism is ridiculous concept. Humans are inherently worth more than other animals. This does not mean that we should go out of way to maltreat animals, but when the choice is a human life verses an animal’s life then the human's should always come first.

In regards orangutans we can certainly do a better job of ensuring both can exist.

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Re:The orangutan trap by rawTruthHurts on Monday June 22, 2015 @10:58AM (#9758757)
> inherently worth more

According to what scale?

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Re:The orangutan trap by danieltillett on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @12:31AM (#9762626)
Ask yourself how many animals you would kill to save you own child. If the answer is a number without limit then there is no morality in letting someone else child die to save some animal.
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Re:The orangutan trap by rawTruthHurts on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @05:06AM (#9763452)
Oh... so it's a scale set by you... :(
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Re:The orangutan trap by danieltillett on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @05:40AM (#9763550)
No it a scale set by everyone who has thought about this issue for more than five minutes. Are you really telling me that you would let your own child die so some animal can live? If so you either have no children nor should you.
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