Poll: "What are you people, animals?!"

[Signa]

I remember my brother and I had an hour long debate with our parents once because they wouldn't accept that humans were classifiable as animals.

"Ok mom, we aren't plants or minerals, so what are we"

"we are in our own category! We are mammals but not animals."

*Facepalm*

 

[Xaryn Mar]

Well they still don't have the level of communication and infrastructure we have.

Communication is just an exchange of information, they do that very well just as well (or better) than humans do. The same goes for other animals as well. Infrastructure is not a necessety for life. It is for human life as it is in the western world but we, and animals, can live without. Infrastructure does not make us different from other animals.

 

[Chunko]

Well they still don't have the level of communication and infrastructure we have.

Communication is just an exchange of information, they do that very well just as well (or better) than humans do. The same goes for other animals as well. Infrastructure is not a necessety for life. It is for human life as it is in the western world but we, and animals, can live without. Infrastructure does not make us different from other animals.

Infrastructure is an example of humanity's dominance over earth.

 

[teisjm]

we're animals, though we differ on some point. For instance, when i'm out drinking and take a piss in every corner of teh bar, the females don't acknowledge that they're supposed to mate with me, cause we're on my terretory.

More seriously, we differ from other animals on some ver fundamental points.

Animals live to survive, and reproduce, humans crave more. We're not all living solely to reproduce, i know some people seem to live only for the next bang, but given that they're not making children due to birth control, it's safe to assume that it's not for reproduction, but for enjoyment. Humans crave purpose and meaning of life, way beyond mere survival and children. We want fun, and pleasure. And unlike other animals (as far as i know) theres even those who kill themselves cause their life isn't "good enough" despite living up to the "animal-criterria"

But i'd still say we're animals, the most intellegent and dominats animals on this planet perhaps ('cept for the hidden udnerground crab-people), but still animals.

Then theres something liek Chuck Norris, the MANimal!