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posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 6:25 PM
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Secondhand Smoke: Your 24/7 Seminar on Bioethics and the Importance of Being Human
This Blog considers assisted suicide/euthanasia, bioethics, human cloning, biotechnology, radical environmentalism, and the dangers of animal rights/liberation. My views expressed here, as in my books and other writings, reflect my understanding that the philosophy of human exceptionalism is the bedrock of universal human rights. Or, to put it another way: human life matters. (The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of any organization with which I am affiliated.)
Sunday, November 02, 2008
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- Name: Wesley J. Smith
- Location: Castro Valley, CA, United States
I am a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute and the author of 12 books, including A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy, which is relevant to the issues considered by this blog.
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Loved this strip. The human character is pro-PETA but it's balanced out by the cat's unabashed carnivorous attitude.
On the other hand, Berkely Breathed needs a dope slap. His "Opus" cartoon finished up with a strip where Opus has freed a dog from a cold concrete animal shelter and took its place. If you want to see the last panel, though, he refers you to the Humane Society of the United States' web site. Sure looks like he's trying to help animal shelters, but doesn't Breathed know that HSUS has NO affiliation with local Humane Societies, doesn't run shelters, and they siphon off funds that could go to actual shelters?
Breathed's a talented guy, but like a lot of artists and performers with more compassion than common sense, when he tries to do good he's an easy mark.
padraig: Agreed. I saw the Opus finale. The creator of Bizarro is very funny but a total animal rights zealot. Mutts is often promoting animal welfare, which is fine with me.
The strip above is funny, which is why I posted it, and makes the point you caught. The use of the term animal rights is wrongly used, since properly understood it is an ideology, not about treating animals better.
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