06-18-2007, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Chui The human species has a number of attributes that no other species possesses, near as we can tell, chief among these an incredible range of language and a notion of the abstract. This alone is reason to regard ourselves as different, and forms the basis for the principle that we are subject to different consequences. If a shark eats another shark, you do not chastise it for murder; if a human being slashes another human being, you convict him for assault. | Need I remind you... What We Are |
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