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Old 05-02-2007, 06:31 PM
Yeti Yeti is offline
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Default Re: Save the woodpecker, save the world.

Matt,

Obviously there is little way I can convincingly win this argument, haha.

I'm a big meat-eater. My lame excuse is that the chicken was raised to be eaten, whereas the woodpecker is just a defenseless wild animal.

Similarly, I don't agree with people shooting moose and deer for fun. Even if it is to eat them I feel really uneasy about it, as if they are somehow 'better' than a chicken or a cow. Obviously it doesn't make much sense, but no doubt it's a commonly held viewpoint.
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