Re: Humanism and Animal Rights (omitted link)

theBeaver wrote:
David V. wrote:

And some of us are beyond it. From what I saw, your writing was not "intellectual advancement" but self promotion and ego. Sorry.

If you are truly "beyond it", then you have mastered it,..... 

No, you misunderstand. I am beyond the dire need to impress
others with so-called "intellectual advancement."

Just because animal rights is not the main thrust of Humanism, does not mean it's not a part of it.

If animal rights are part of humanism, then I challenge....

Your challenge is meaningless.

Of course, anything's meaningless when you choose to avoid it. 

No, YOU are meaningless. YOU are no one. YOUR challenge is
meaningless. Don't take it personally, you are just not a leader
that can do any challenging, especially when that challenge is
build on strawman arguments.
--
Dave

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little,
but that they know so many things that ain't so.  Mark Twain.
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