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  1. 10-01-2007, 03:26 PM #1
    Jem'hadar
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    Chimp Not a Person, Court Rules

    Chimp Not a Person, Court Rules
    He's now got a human name — Matthew Hiasl Pan — but he's having trouble getting his day in court. Animal rights activists campaigning to get Pan, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, legally declared a person vowed to take their challenge to Austria's Supreme Court after a lower court threw out their latest appeal.
    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/0...20070928143000

    Of course, chimpanzees are not people. The very notion is absurd! Everyone knows man is a savage animal and apes are the only intelligent life on this planet.
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  2. 10-02-2007, 10:48 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jem'hadar
    ... and apes are the only intelligent life on this planet.
    When questioned, the spokes dolphin just shrugged the fins and said "Nah, we don't care about the statement. He is only human. But the mice are furious."

    *Puts the admin hat close in case this goes political*
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  3. 10-02-2007, 11:33 AM #3
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  4. 10-02-2007, 08:37 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cpt. Lundgren
    When questioned, the spokes dolphin just shrugged the fins and said "Nah, we don't care about the statement. He is only human. But the mice are furious."
    "... and thanks for all the fish!"
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