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::Won't discussions increase your chances of being permablocked under the new rule, Ed. [[User:RDre|RDre]] 14:30, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ::Won't discussions increase your chances of being permablocked under the new rule, Ed. [[User:RDre|RDre]] 14:30, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :::<chuckle> I'll just have to take that chance. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:32, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
umm, that already happened when homo sapiens was included. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 14:28, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | umm, that already happened when homo sapiens was included. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 14:28, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Human beings clearly are primates. As God made them. --[[User:Jeremiah4-22|Jeremiah4-22]] 14:31, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :I don't like the tone of the term "[[primate]]" as it relates to the [[Theory of evolution]]. Isn't it used dismissively, to imply that [[people]] are only [[animal]]s? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:33, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ::It is hardly used dismissively by the Catholic Church, where Primates are highly respected churchmen. --[[User:Jeremiah4-22|Jeremiah4-22]] 14:36, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ::We're both primates and animals, by definition. And what do you mean 'only?' [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 14:42, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Are we a vegetable? [[User:RDre|RDre]] 14:34, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :Perhaps that is a reference to the children's game, [[Twenty Questions]]. "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:37, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ::Exactly. I don't understand what you mean by "''only'' animals". [[User:RDre|RDre]] 14:40, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 18:42, April 11, 2007
Don't even think of categorizing human beings here. That is a matter which must be discussed and agreed upon first. --Ed Poor 14:27, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- Won't discussions increase your chances of being permablocked under the new rule, Ed. RDre 14:30, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- <chuckle> I'll just have to take that chance. --Ed Poor 14:32, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
umm, that already happened when homo sapiens was included. Flippin 14:28, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Human beings clearly are primates. As God made them. --Jeremiah4-22 14:31, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- I don't like the tone of the term "primate" as it relates to the Theory of evolution. Isn't it used dismissively, to imply that people are only animals? --Ed Poor 14:33, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- It is hardly used dismissively by the Catholic Church, where Primates are highly respected churchmen. --Jeremiah4-22 14:36, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- We're both primates and animals, by definition. And what do you mean 'only?' Tsumetai 14:42, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Are we a vegetable? RDre 14:34, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- Perhaps that is a reference to the children's game, Twenty Questions. "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" --Ed Poor 14:37, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
- Exactly. I don't understand what you mean by "only animals". RDre 14:40, 11 April 2007 (EDT)