I'm taking you at your word.
What other desires do we have? What else are we?
More than crustacean, more than ducks. Consciousness, reflection, compassion, love, beauty… Humanness.
No difference? You've collapsed it all, reduced it all. Humans=ducks=shellfish=planarian=...
I never said I was incapable of seeing "it." Running out of straws?
Besides, your definition of "love" is just that, your definition or should I borrow your words—"cosmic sentimentalism?"
I asked you what is love and you decided I was incapable of "seeing" it. That's pathetic.
More than crustacean, more than ducks. Consciousness, reflection, compassion, love, beauty… Humanness
Another aimless short in the air, just to say something, it seems. The question was "what other desires do we have (other than animal)" and "what else are we" (other than human)?
You answer "more than ducks..." I mean, this is pathetic. You are not even answering the questions but rather prefab slogans that don't even address the question.
We are human animals. Why should we be more than what we are?
No difference? You've collapsed it all, reduced it all. Humans=ducks=shellfish=planarian=...
I never compared human animals to other animals. You do. To you there is no difference. But you have erased us as humans and have placed an obligation on the human race to be more than what it is. What right do you have to demand that human race be anything different???
And all this because you find it appalling that humans beings prefer to do what feels good! Unbelievable!