Animal Thoughts on Factory Farms: Michael Leahy, Language and Awareness of Death by Rebekah Humprheys - Animal Rights Zone2024-03-29T08:39:37Zhttp://arzone.ning.com/forum/topics/animal-thoughts-on-factory-farms-michael-leahy-language-and-aware?feed=yes&xn_auth=noHmm...I'm sorry, but I just c…tag:arzone.ning.com,2013-01-09:4715978:Comment:1211802013-01-09T06:44:38.960ZJanice Burdickhttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/JaniceBurdick
<p>Hmm...I'm sorry, but I just couldn't stomach reading that entire article. It reminds me too much of the adage, "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one." Although animals don't speak English...or French or German or Russian....does not mean they have no form of "language". How absurd!! Of COURSE they do. They communicate with one another regularly!! And, they certainly DO know the difference between being treated well, and standing in line to be slaughtered!! (As well as the…</p>
<p>Hmm...I'm sorry, but I just couldn't stomach reading that entire article. It reminds me too much of the adage, "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one." Although animals don't speak English...or French or German or Russian....does not mean they have no form of "language". How absurd!! Of COURSE they do. They communicate with one another regularly!! And, they certainly DO know the difference between being treated well, and standing in line to be slaughtered!! (As well as the emotional behavior that expresses these understandings.) I do not believe that thought and emotion require language as humans understand language. There are many ways of communicating that humans know nothing about. </p>