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Are they not? Humans, like other animals, have waste. And like other more sophisticated animals, they generally make an attempt to isolate it from themselves.
by burgerbrain 15y ago
Are they not? Humans, like other animals, have waste. And like other more sophisticated animals, they generally make an attempt to isolate it from themselves. You see similar behavior from cats. You may as well argue that beaver dams are "unnatural".
This "natural == not human" thing is fine (bullshit, but fine), until you start trying to use it to make moral/ethical arguments.
- RailRoadHobo 15y agoOh, I agree, the whole "it's not natural so it's BAD!!!" argument is infantile. My usual tactic for making people realize this is by pointing out how something they do, like living past 18 years old, is unnatural. It's not like animals don't bring about their own ecological collapse some times.
- away 15y agoWas there really a time when people only lived to 18 years of age on average?
- burgerbrain 15y agoQuite probably. High infant mortality rates do wonders to average life expectancies.