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# Heh. The next few frames write them themselves.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 0:49, archived)
#

Didn't draw themselves though, that took me half an hour.

Here's a thing about animal rights, right. Are humans special in that they are endowed with the capacity for moral reasoning? If so, and animals lack this capacity, why do animals deserve rights? If humans are not special in this regard, then predatory animals are all evil and should be put in prison. Possibly this is the vegan position, I'm not sure. Actually I expect it's "eat only the meat you need", which comes down to subjective concepts of need. If for peculiar biological reasons you were unable to remain alive without eating humans, would that give you the right to eat humans? Assuming the answer is no (and regarding all animals as equivalent), then lions and tigers are still evil, and should by rights starve themselves to death.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:22, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! McBadger COW, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:42, archived)
# It all comes down to the "moral high ground".
They figure, if you can't find any--make one up.

Even if it has holes large enough for the lions
and tigers to charge in and eat them whole.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:49, archived)
# Just make one up, eh? I should totally try that, if only I could take the plunge.
I am needlessly morally insecure just because I lack the initiative of a vegan.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:53, archived)
# It's what everyone does, when you get down to it.
Moreover, secure in one's morals is a struggle that I say is fruitless.
I've found that the more I learn over the years the more I have less
assurance as to what it all is or means in the end. [/;-D
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:01, archived)
# There are probably good and bad forms of security in one's morals
though it's hard to say at short notice what the vital difference is. I guess being confident in your beliefs because you have willfully abandoned coherent reasoning is probably a bad thing.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:06, archived)
# Abandoning reason is indeed very bad, yes.
But then I would say that, being such a uber secularist.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:17, archived)
# Yeah, we're just dogmatically attached to critical thought
it's an awkward situation.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:23, archived)
# I have to be honest
"willfully abandoned coherent reasoning" has the sound of a lovely holiday to me.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:43, archived)
# Hahaha, but you wouldn't want to live there.
Especially around auto-de-fe season.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:55, archived)
# Haha
oh come on Felix you're hardly even trying any more.
Your continuation pic is good though
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:53, archived)
# WRT pictures, this is sadly true.
All I do these days is have heated debates.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:54, archived)
# I was thinking about your crosshatching pics the other day
wondering if you still made them.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 19 May 2009, 1:58, archived)
# I spend my time worrying about why I want to make a computer game.
It's a funny kind of existence. I haven't stopped my pen and ink activities. Just haven't done any for, ooh, exactly a year.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 19 May 2009, 2:02, archived)
# Genius
Reminds me of "if God didn't mean us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?"
(I helped save b3ta! numberbruncher - correct by nature, Tue 19 May 2009, 6:32, archived)