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RosieG

Should a chimpanzee be treated as a person with legal rights? That will be determined in a New York Court. Whatcha think?

Posted - March 17, 2017
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  • 22891
    i think so
      March 17, 2017 2:27 PM MDT
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  • 372
    If that's what it takes to prevent chimpanzees from being tortured in research labs to ensure cosmetics used by women are safe, then ABSOLUTELY YES.

    The cosmetic safety is the argument proposed by a MEDICAL DOCTOR justifying chimpanzees being tortured. He said his wife's make-up was more important.

    This MORON is a MEDICAL DOCTOR who took the Hippocratic Oath. Civilized people do NOT torture animals for ANY research reason. PERIOD.

    Not all doctors are nice people. Witness Dr. Mengele.
      March 17, 2017 2:37 PM MDT
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  • It might be more appropriate to dispense with fatuous cosmetics.
      March 17, 2017 3:52 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for a very thoughtful, helpful, impassioned and informative reply Louie. I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THEE! Happy Saturday m'dear! :)
      March 18, 2017 4:13 AM MDT
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  • Like that monkey with bad breath c. 1925?
      March 17, 2017 3:42 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    I second that whistle! :) Happy Saturday! :)
      March 18, 2017 4:14 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    I'm not familiar with that whistle. Can you fill me in please and thank you? Thank you for your question m'dear! :)
      March 18, 2017 4:37 AM MDT
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  • The Scopes Monkey Trail.  Dayton, TN c. summer 1925.
      March 18, 2017 8:25 AM MDT
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  • Yes.
    Of course.
      March 17, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    This isn't another Donald Trump question? 
      March 17, 2017 3:58 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Well if  you see the word "Chimpanzee" and it brings to YOUR mind Donald J. Trump I guess for you it is. Strange baggage you carry with you Malizz. You might to try to figure out why. Thank you for your question and Happy Saturday.
      March 18, 2017 4:16 AM MDT
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  • 34277
    NO a chimp is not a person. They are animals. They should not be mistreated.  There are laws for mistreatment of animals already. Just enforce the laws we have already on the books.
      March 17, 2017 4:01 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank  you for your reply m2c and Happy Saturday to thee! :)
      March 18, 2017 4:17 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Well, If I understand it correctly, it's not about declaring him to be a person.  Rather, it's about treating that chimpanzee as a person in so far as having certain legal rights that a real person has.

    In contract law, I can own and animal and enter into a binding contract to sell its heir.

    I just don't expect the court to go there.
      March 17, 2017 4:45 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    It caught my eye tom. I think many humans are not treated as persons. It would be interesting if a chimpanzee were treated better. Wouldn't it? Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday! :)
      March 18, 2017 4:11 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    I suspect that some animals in America are treated generally better than some humans anywhere.

    But at the moment, legally it is a gift rather than a right.  

    I studied some law, and part of the course work was adjucating actual cases and then comparing them to the actual rulings of the judges who heard them.

    It gave me a sense of how judges use the rule of law to come up with the law of the case. This post was edited by tom jackson at March 18, 2017 10:56 AM MDT
      March 18, 2017 10:55 AM MDT
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