I much appreciated Admin providing an opportunity for further discussion of this matter. The replies above are an excellent mix of the learned and the eloquent.
My original impulse was aimed at the idiocy of "mere animals." Dwise1 in particular did a grand job of dissecting the Orwellian doublespeak that view entails.
I no longer have a dog in this fight.
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"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence
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