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diondionne Joined Thu 04/30/09 Posts: 4	Tue 05/12/09 08:37 PM Topic: Are you real?
Prove to me that you exist. Apologies if this has been discussed before and I've missed it. Any time I've been challenged with this, my response is usually "prove to me that I don't". Nicely stated! Brevity is the soul of wit. To wit: "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."

diondionne Joined Thu 04/30/09 Posts: 4	Sun 05/03/09 09:23 AM Topic: How are animals so different from humans?
Someone asked what the point of this discussion is, and I guess I am wondering the same thing. Are we asking: what are the implications of accepting the belief that other animal species have self-awareness? Do we think this belief should influence our relationships with other animals? Do you think we should re-examine whether or not we should eat them, use them to make lipstick and a multitude of other commercial products?

diondionne Joined Thu 04/30/09 Posts: 4	Sun 05/03/09 08:49 AM Topic: How are animals so different from humans?
"So what separates humans from animals?" Well, humans are animals, aren't we? Of the Hominid Species, actually. We are differentiated from other animals by the size of our brain, opposable thumbs, bipedalism, and that we forge tools. We also create art and infrastructure, ponder the meaning of life, and as the character, Clairee Belcher in the movie Steel Magnolias so succinctly asserts, "The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize."

diondionne Joined Thu 04/30/09 Posts: 4	Sat 05/02/09 07:31 AM Topic: what is the most sad song ever wrote.
Nirvana - Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdyqXSa5Bzc&feature=related ...Jesus wants us all for sunbeams.