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No, anything is possible. I could win both the two major US lotteries this week ... if I were actually to play them both would help, but it would still be possible to find both winning tickets and not be able to identify the original purchaser. That would be highly improbable, but still possible.



I am not in disagreement in that we do not know.



Yes, and would not any example of conditionality of that love not negate the claim for the person(s) involved for their lifetime, which would tend to make it even more difficult.



The same to you.

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“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

I'll give anyone unconditional love so long as they don't rat on me.

Don't take that the wrong way. Perves.

Humans are naked apes and they will always use their major powerful weapon - brains. Do you like it or not, but we are curious and we make discoveries to better or worse for our own good. Rats are honorable, but why bed bugs are not? The world had been naturally designed before any animal rights ideology or religion were invented. Plague was brought with rats, but humans learned and survived. However, rats uare useful for experiments as well. Why not to use them, if they are so convenient and easily available?

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Hunt with dogs

An apologist for vivisection?! That's all we need.
If vivisectionists knew the karmic consequences of vivisection, vivisection would be history by lunchtime...

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Holy chicken scratch! More research demonstrating the ability of other species' (could it be real?) ability to feel empathy ....

"The research demonstrated that hens possess a fundamental capacity to empathise, at least with their own chicks." And ... "The discovery has important implications for the welfare of farm and laboratory animals, say researchers."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... lieve.html

And yet, this information and research wil not make a "scratch" of difference in the lives of those animals which our society has chosen to warehouse in such deplorable conditions. We can't even get our heads straight about each other. We are forced to pay tremendous taxes for causes not of our liking ... dropping bombs on Iraqi civilians, selling 14.2 billion dollars worth of war toys to Saudi Arabia and then saying "YAY" to the GNP/GDP for creating jobs so we can buy goods from Walmart which were created in Chinese slave factories. Slipping and sliding down the rabbit hole! If we don't "get" what is hapening to Palestinian children, just for one example, how are we ever going to get birds?

But still, one step forward, ..... We are actually experiencing a crisis in consciousness and I'm not sure how we can truly evolve beyond this mess, but it seems we are making some steps, .... while slipping and sliding and falling into that hole.

"Under commercial conditions, chickens regularly encounter other birds showing signs of pain and distress ''owing to routine husbandry practices or because of the high prevalence of conditions such as bone fractures or leg disorders'', said the researchers."

High prevalence of bone fractures, etc ....... is not acceptable! Why anyone should accept such routine abuse is as mysterious as the acceptance of bone fractures in Palestinian children. If this is not a crisis in consciousness, then WTF is it?

The biggest reason would be that fowl are not Palestinian children or even human children at all. The leap from reaction to stress in offspring to empathy is a significant one. The problem is the assumption of empathy can be clouded by the signals given by the chicks, which are much more vocal and much less experienced than adult fowl. That would tend to indicate a much greater incidence of "danger" cries which would cause a reaction. Instinctive warning is not empathy, however.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

Plaque was brought with fleas. They just happened to find a friendly and comfy home with rats..

Rats are to humans as humans are to the earth.
mothy

The assumption of lack of empathy will ensure that danger cries in light of harm done and even if increased tenfold, will not make a "scratch" of difference in husbandry practises when profit is the bottom line.

Assumption of existence without evidence is not logical nor is it scientifically correct. Empathy would be very difficult to prove to exist in any creature incapable of higher level of communication with us. The ten-fold increase of zero is still zero and still insignificant if the level approaches zero.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

What do you mean by a "higher" communication and what creature is capable of a "higher" level of communication with us?

Tis not the question of higher but one of deeper.

To be able to communicate intangible ideas would be higher communication. To date there is no animal which has been able to communicate such concepts with humans, which is why there is no firm evidence of existence of empathy.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

More advanced communication then ....

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

Arn't you over intellectualising the concept of empathy when you should be using emotivity as a basis for your arguement?

The horse whisperer. Deep into the mind and look through the forgotten window..