US activists demand lawyers for chimps

BBC News ^ | Friday, 26 April, 2002, 12:46 GMT 13:46 UK | Editorial Staff

[Kenny Bunk]

Last time I needed a lawyer, I'da done better with the chimp.

[Kevin Curry]

They'd end up having more rights than unborn humans.

They already do. There are toads and tortoises in our deserts that have more rights than a child in the third trimester, animals whose willful killings could result in imprisonment and heavy fines.

[rebelsoldier]

Chimps deserve better representation than lawyers.

[jrewingjr]

Time for a great ape leader to appear and embolden the rest of the apes to rise up and overpower Man.

Hail Caesar!

[jrewingjr]

Roddy Mc Dowell died October 3, 1998 from cancer of the lung. Cremated, ashes scattered at sea.

[boris]

Just wait until Ms. Mouse sues Mr. Cat for assault and battery...

--Boris

[boris]

"I saw this coming five years ago. I see this as the camel's nose in the tent for eventually trying to make vegetarianism mandatory."

Someone told me that Ghandi's parents, members of the Jain sect of Buddhism, convinced themselves that eating plants was immoral, so they starved themselves to death rather than commit an atrocity. Don't know if it's true.

As I commented previously, one could argue that even a Jain could eat, e.g., apples which have fallen from the tree without outside intervention--provided he keeps the seeds for planting. I dunno.

--Boris