[Red in Blue PA]

Re: If chimpanzees lifespans could be drastically reduced, they could be farmed and they’d be a valuable source of meat. (sort of an aside).

That is sick no matter how you cut it. Not to mention not at all relevant to the issue being discussed.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Take it that you're one of those people who consider great apes to be practically human (or already 'people')?

The great apes, and whales, and dolphins, and other such creatures, are animals (not humans, not people).

They shouldn't be wantonly killed (not murdered), but they can be killed to provide sustenance or even clothing (though not such a supporter of the fur trade--leather comes from animals that would be killed, anyway, though).

A chimpanzee steak is not more offensive than a beef steak (or a whale one), in that a chimpanzee is not a higher creature than a bull.

And as the "(sort of an aside)" suggests, that comment wasn't very relevant, but it was minorly relevant. Furthermore, it wasn't an isolated comment; the preceding sentence was relevant to the topic at hand.

[woollyone]

so ‘splain me...

why is it ok to eat chicken, or cows. or baby lambs, deer, and not chimpanzee?

oh...that’s right...I forgot...chimpanzees are our ansestors! Kinda like our great great uncles...and to eat them, why thats...thats...downright disgusting...and damned near cannabilism!

and...according to the evolutionsist “theory” we all evolved from fish too...so no tuna either.

As a matter of fact, since we all evolved from the same primordial ooooze...no ooooze for dinenr either...and nothing to eat that evolved from the oooze either. no rice, grains, leafy plants, and no fruit becuas eit contains seeds and thats..well..what an outrage, thats like eating unborn baby fruits...the HORROR!

Rocks.
Tonight’s main entree’ is rocks.
just so nobody gets offended.

...and can refer you a great dentist after dinner.