[cport]

So you lost someone who loves dogs? is that what I read when you said you lost a dog person? I like dogs as much as the next guy, but assigning personhood to dogs and other animals helps in the devaluation of human life, IMHO. Sorry for your loss though.

[Not A Snowbird]

For some of us, especially those of us unable to have children, pets become very important.

Our pomeranian isn’t just a pet. He’s a member of the family.

[freeangel]

“...but assigning personhood to dogs and other animals helps in the devaluation of human life,”

I’d take my dog over obama or holder any day of the week. I’m not quite sure about calling them human OR valuing them in any way.

[libstripper]

I feel sorry for you. It seems you have never known the love, compassion, and true nobility of a wonderful dog. After all, “dog” is God spelled backwards.

[OldPossum]

I like dogs as much as the next guy, but assigning personhood to dogs and other animals helps in the devaluation of human life,

By your choice of the word "like" we know of the depth of your feelings toward dogs.

I think of the dogs I have known and compare them to the overwhelming majority of the human beings I have known and the dogs win, hands down.

[Joan Kerrey]

I like dogs as much as the next guy

Some “next guys” don’t like dogs. My dog is part of my family, person or not.