Court Won’t Declare Chimp A Person
The Association Against Animal Factories points out that it’s not trying to get [him] declared a human, but rather a person, which would give him some kind of legal status.
Otherwise, he is legally a thing. And with the genetic makeup of chimpanzees and humans so strikingly similar, it contends, that just can’t be.
“The question is: Are chimps things without interests, or persons with interests?” Balluch said.
“A large section of the public does see chimps as beings with interests,” he said. “We are looking forward to hear what the high court has to say on this fundamental question.”
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it'll be interesting to see
how the pro-life wing responds to this dilemma…not well, i suspect…
A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
...But Court Selects Chimp As President
Har!
[sob]
[gunshot]
But I still believe
And I will rise up with fists!!
nope it's not about interests
see the pro-life crowd could care less, poor Chimpy McChimp has no soul. No soul, it doesn’t matter how intelligent or what interests a chimp might have (didn’t one have a pet cat? But how can that be?)
See, a fetus or other random lump of cells that may or may not be a viable lifeform, is said to have a soul, therefore it is sacred and must be preserved. (Do sperm have like half a soul?)
Maybe the court can declare it a chimperson.
i could be a hard core activist on animal rights issues
i totally grok how some of the “crazies” in groups like peta get that way. it’s not so much that i think that there should be a legal personhood granted to animals, although in my happy liberal fantasy world they have that and we’re all vegetarians, including the lions.
but if you’ve ever seen some of these chimps and other primates in animal research facilities, it’s very clear they are unhappy and have enough self interest to want to spend time somewhere else. there is something about saving animals, knowing that they are pure hearted and respond completely to love and affection, that is so much more satisfying than saving flawed, hateful humans with a “soul.”
/pets rescued kittens/