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04-12-2011, 05:20 PM
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Yeah, that is a bit strange, to say the least (I don't think any animist people would even believe anything close to that). The point, however, is that there are living things in the wild, that are mothers and fathers, and might even be smarter than we give them credit for (Animals Have Emotional Lives, Too | Environment | AlterNet). I think they, or at least the natural world as a whole (I'm a soft Gaian, if that helps tell where I'm coming from) deserve some rudimentary rights and protections.
Look, humanity needs to rethink it's relationship with the natural world, and see it in a new light, not the western view that it is simply a ball of resources, but is something more, like our ancestors did. We're part of this web of life afterall, our health and survival depends on it being healthy and surviving. This legislation, even if symbolically, sets a precedent for that, even if parts are off-putting. (Which I'm sure will be dealt with in due time).
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