When I see stories like this one I’m convinced that the only reason why the current White House hasn’t gotten behind this idea is that they can’t be sure how they will vote:
“We affirm that all cetaceans as persons have the right to life, liberty and wellbeing,” they said in a declaration after a two-day meeting led by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS).
Oh and it gets better wales have ethics
He said that sperm whales have sonars to find fish that are so powerful that they could permanently deafen others nearby if used at full blast. Yet the whales do not use sonars as weapons, showing what Whitehead called a human-like “sense of morality.”
Liberty pundit adds the snark:
Right to life, liberty, and well-being? You mean, like, health care? Do we give them food stamps if the schools of smaller fish they so mercilessly eat by the hundreds thin out for a season? Do we require colonoscopies and breast-cancer screenings? Do we make abortion services available? Shouldn’t killer whales be culpable for their criminal acts when they kill a dolphin?
Are we going to stop at whales? Here’s the indication that we won’t: Participants at a University of Helsinki conference said ever more studies show the giant marine mammals have human-like self-awareness, an ability to communicate and organize complex societies, making them similar to some great apes.
Apes. Monkeys. Whales. Dolphins.
Is this going to lead to voting rights? Is that what’s behind this?
How long before the Massachusetts Supreme Court gets a brief concerning Whale Rights? Will they be eligible for heathcare and drivers licenses?
It takes an awful lot of education to be this foolish.
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