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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:23 AM Original message |
Is there a consistent way to rank the value of living organisms? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. The issue is not consumption, but extinction n/t |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I understand that |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Such as? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. What about the Bulega Sturgeon? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Caviar crackdown will combat the smugglers of 'black gold' |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. For me, it comes down to a personal decision. If I had my choice of rescuing |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. How about the choice between |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You are right about that. If they were both strangers to me, whichever one I |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Absolutely equal chance of saving either |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. For me, the intelligence of the whale is not a major factor for me. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's an argument for meat cloning, IMO! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well, certainly there are consistent ways, but are they also VALID, is the question... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hi wuushew, thanks for the refreshingly honest thread. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. yes. The bushes rank highest. nt |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. First, let me say it's all subjective. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. If we lived in Siberia, we would know the value of a fur coat. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That, then, would be a survival imperative. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. I find value to be inherent, not given nor ranked. |
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