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Norway Knights Penguin, Ostrich Denied Again

Critter News

Nils Olav, a king penguin on the Norwegian King's Guard , was bestowed a knighthood for simultaneously defusing an IED while taking out a machine gun in Iraq. OK, I don't think Norway even has troops in Iraq. The IED was already defused. Apparently he got a little nervous when he saw he sword. Update - They have it on video!

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Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity

Animal Ethics

That is, he not only conforms to the principles that he freely adopted but does so because they are principles that he freely and rationally adopted. President Bush's invasion of Iraq could have been right (i.e., This is the person most completely "self-governing." Only acts in category 1 are morally worthy. not from duty ).

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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