It's a lovely story...
I liked it. It's a shame that it's a fantastical and idealistic view of what happens.
If you take it less literally, and merely as a morality tale, I love it. If we are nice to each other, the human race can do anything.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 0:49,
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The whole God thing being a man and only a man (or woman) because that's all that matters.
Who cares what life is like for any other animal. Man is not an animal it's the important one.
I agree with you that the concept of morality can be explained wonderfully using this, but if you think humans are not just another mammal and it's as important to have the Hitlers as it is the Mozarts then it misses the mark.
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 7:00,
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