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  2. From: steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Eating our other world friends & enemies
  5. Message-ID: <STEINLY.92Jul29142323@topaz.ucsc.edu>
  6. Date: 29 Jul 92 21:23:23 GMT
  7. References: <m5km1g-.xtifr@netcom.com> <1992Jul27.035713.24540@oracle.us.oracle.com>
  8.     <YeR8i_i00iUxQ6Y6sQ@andrew.cmu.edu>
  9.     <1992Jul29.135809.26326@oracle.us.oracle.com>
  10. Organization: Lick Observatory/UCO
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  13. In-reply-to: mfriedma@uucp's message of 29 Jul 92 13:58:09 GMT
  14.  
  15. In article <1992Jul29.135809.26326@oracle.us.oracle.com> mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
  16.  
  17.    In article <YeR8i_i00iUxQ6Y6sQ@andrew.cmu.edu> wt0b+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Henry Timmins) writes:
  18.  
  19. Looks like a missing attribution here...
  20.  
  21.    >>I would argue that we have conclusive evidence that dolphins are not
  22.    >>intelligent.  They have not made a significant attempt to communicate
  23.    >>with us despite the large numbers of them that we kill via things like
  24.    >>tuna fishing.
  25.  
  26.    >    Maybe they don't care. Maybe they haven't made a connection between
  27.    >the nets and humans (those nets are HUGE). Maybe they assume we can't be
  28.    >responsibly, because no sane entity would do something like that.
  29.  
  30.    That they don't care about dying seems absurd.  After all, they
  31.    certainly seem to run from danger when they can.
  32.  
  33. If they don't care, why should we? 
  34.  
  35. *  Steinn Sigurdsson               Lick Observatory          *
  36. * steinly@helios.ucsc.edu        "standard disclaimer"      *
  37. *  Some people think they're really clever            *
  38. *  Smash your head against the wall            Specials, 1979    * 
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