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Anthropocentric language

Reserving words with a "shocking" connotation as pertains to affronts only to the human race is blatant Anthropocentrism.  A new word, and yet to receive all the power it will, but Racism was like that once upon a time.  It is the selfish and ignorant assumption of Homo Sapiens during this current time that we are the crown of creation by God and/or evolution and that all others do not deserve such an outcry, for they are so low in comparison.  We are saying, in essense, that we the only ones who could be so profoundly exploited, so physically, emotionally and mentally hurt. Let me tell you something.  Most animals share a majority of our DNA.  Chimpanzees, for example, are have only 2% difference in DNA from ours.  They are our brethren, literally. Its a scientific fact.  We are not as special as we think we are.  If we realized this we would not reserve special affront words like "murder" to one species of thousands in all of the magnificent rich web of biodiversity.  Remember that they mostly kill for survival. When we kill them (en masse by the billions, with corporate efficiency) yet could live most healthily without animal products (and help the environment immensely thereby), we are killing in vanity and decadence.  We are killing for fun.  (meat's taste, "cool" leather, fur, etc.)  THAT is wanton killing.  That is murder if you ask me. Because it is not regarded so by the popular ethos of the time does not hold water with me.  I am a Vegan/Animal Rights activist and more specifically an Abolitionist in case you haven't guessed :)  I also believe that rats should stop breeding like humans.  Doh! I mean the opposite.  Yes, because rats aren't the overwhelming plague thats killing the rest of the natural world, now are they?  My  2 cents about the environment.  On Can you 'murder' a chicken? posted 3 years, 2 months ago 25 Responses