Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It seems like the answer to most questions/responses to most issues is one of these: Speciesism. If you don't have to enslave, rape, dominate, or kill someone (or have someone else do it for you), why would you? Let's deconstruct: Legal experts in China are proposing a ban on the eating of dogs and cats.

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Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. Here are some of my favorite quotes: " Companion anima l reduces a dog, cat, or other nonhuman to the role of companion. Often it permanently disables or kills. An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Part II: Man Cuts Dog. Maybe on paper.

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