Message Forum: Re: A question for those supporting animal rights

Re: A question for those supporting animal rights

Posted By: Procyon, on host 209.86.203.176
Date: Sunday, August 13, 2000, at 15:07:52
In Reply To: Re: A question for those supporting animal rights posted by Wormwood on Saturday, August 12, 2000, at 09:24:03:

> > What about plants? Don't they get rights?
>
> No. Plants are not sentient, and therefore don't get rights. Same for insects.
>
> Wormwood

As far as I understand the word, humans are the only animals we know of that sentient. Am I misinterpreting something here?

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