[quote]Originally posted by Yorick:
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
[qb]Timber, you haven't yet responded to my earlier words to you.
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You may call it arrogant. I call it enhanced appreciation of human life. An increase in love of self and love of others.
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It has nothing to do with the way I treat animals either. I love animals and they me. I'm almost a vegetarian, and support animals rights by choosing where my dollar goes by buying free range eggs for example.
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But then we disagree about the value of human life in a number of areas don't we Timber. 
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1. Which earlier words? Not in this thread, right? The original thread? Or the other thread on this board? Sorry - lemme know and I'll get to typing straight away.
2. Yeah, I only eat free range eggs too. And I'm a vegetarian. And so is my wife. And our kids will be too. But, gawd, how could one ever give up CHEEEESE?
Sorry, just a plug for cheese.
But not all diary, milk is poison.
3. Yes, we do disagree about the value of human life. I value the species-being but not so much the individual. I'm concerned with the teleological story of human existence (and an astute philosopher might ask how one ascribes to teleology without ascribing to theology). But, I'd push a button to kill 50% of the people on the planet just to cure the population problem if I ever had the chance.
But, as for the value of human life: the law certainly puts a value on it. I know when I get a death case on my desk it's worth about $1mil. But, the worst cases are the ones where the guy/girl is really badly injured but doesn't die. A lifetime of mental retardation from a motorcycle accident (like one I've got right now) throws you easily into the $5 mil range. So, aren't determinations about the value of human life made every day? BTW, Cheney's golden severence from Haliburton pays him more per year than either one of these figures, just so you can relate.