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cjhsa
 
Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 05:33 am
I've been mentioning this for sometime now. Soon animals will be able to sue you in court though they have no concept of what a court or judicial system is, nor do they have any rights other than to be treated humanely and cooked to perfection.


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23486466-details/European+Court+agrees+to+hear+chimps+plea+for+human+rights/article.do

His name is Matthew, he is 26 years old, and his supporters hope to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.

But he won't be able to give evidence on his own behalf - since he is a chimpanzee. Animal rights activists led by British teacher Paula Stibbe are fighting to have Matthew legally declared a 'person' so she can be appointed as his guardian if the bankrupt animal sanctuary where he lives in Vienna is forced to close.

An anonymous businessman has offered a substantial amount to cover his care, but under Austrian law only humans are entitled to have guardians.

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farmerman
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 05:39 am
Once again,with your head up your ass, it does make it difficult for you to catch the nuances of language or law.
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djjd62
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 05:51 am
just remember what uncle ted says

shoot first ask questions later, dead elk tell no tales
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 05:56 am
farmerman wrote:
Once again,with your head up your ass, it does make it difficult for you to catch the nuances of language or law.


Go play with your gay friends at AHSA.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 06:45 am
And in 1947 Heinlein wrote Jerry was a Man.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 06:45 am
Things change. Deal with it.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 07:01 am
DrewDad wrote:
Things change. Deal with it.


Gay marriage and chimp lawsuits. Fits you to a T.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 07:58 am
cjhsa wrote:
DrewDad wrote:
Things change. Deal with it.


Gay marriage and chimp lawsuits. Fits you to a T.

And yet you'd still be behind me in line at the emergency room.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 08:29 am
It might well be that you're pretty good European (and especially Austrian) law.

As far as I understand it, it's up to the Court of Human Rights to get a ruling wether the chimpanzee is to be conserdered as a person (not human) or human - the legal grounds in Austria required for a guardian to be appointed.

And so the result might be quite interesting: who is the bearer of human rights? Who is a person according to the European Human Rights Charter?
If the court accepts to hear this case, that is.

Why is that posted in 'Politics", btw?
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 09:26 am
Because it was the closest to a "Chimps running the zoo" forum as I could find.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Fri 23 May, 2008 09:46 am
Well, you certainly have the right to call the legal stuff such.
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