Humans ARE Animals

Con, thank you for your short and yet concise reply.The illustration above encapsulates much of what Con has expressed about the social behavior and technological progress of the human species. Each rectangular box represents a time period or era. In almost every box, if one examines closely, you can see an act of death and an act of sex. This is curious because these are instinctive (animal) behaviors. Notice how the last box is left empty - hinting at the artist's point of asking what comes next(?).Rebuttals Con Said: "..Thank you as well for the biology lesson. I appreciate the time and effort you put into it, but I don't see the relevance.."This statement and idea completely ignores Contention II entirely! Con, exactly what makes us human then?!We have already established that:Its not intelligence. Its not moral behavior. Its not tool use or technologies. Its not religious behavior.Its not language.Its not the ability to create great works of art.These are ALL observed by other animals or occur naturally in nature. So, again, Con exactly what makes us human?!Con Said: "..I agree that humans evolved from animals and share all animal characteristics.."This sounds like a full concession of the motion!Despite the biology lesson that has no relevance to you, a major point of Contention I is precisely that the human species couldn't have evolved in the first place if they weren't already animals! Have humans evolved to no longer be animals? Then how can we still use tissues and organs from other animals in life saving procedures? How can we still contract infectious diseases in our tissues and bodies of organs? BECAUSE we ARE animals.Con Said: "..[animals] They kill only to eat.."This is incorrect! ANIMALS & WAR (murder)Chimps have been documented and observed waging war with no clear survival reasons. Chimps have been observed to murder for no clear survival based reasons either. Troops will wage war, for all intends and purposes, just to wage war. When all variables are isolated for - they seem to enjoy war [1].ANIMALS & SEX (rape)Dolphins are know to commonly RAPE [2].http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com... I believe there is an account on record of a dolphin attempting to rape a human even. Trainers of dolphins point this out regularly - dolphins are very sexual animals and forcefully so to where we might even call them perverted animals.ANIMALS & DRUGS (getting high)Another interesting fact is that animals of varying species like to get high! Monkeys on resort islands regularly steal and consume alcoholic beverages from tourist to get drunk [3]. There is a lemur that lightly bites a centipede so the centipede's defense toxins. But the reason the lemur doesn't kill the centipede is so that it can get high off of it again later [4].Bees have been know to get drunk on fermented tree sap and fruit [5].ANIMALS & DOMESTICATION (farming)Con Said: "..We domesticate animals.."Varying species of ants domesticate fungus [6].http://www.arkive.org... Another species of ant domesticate smaller insects to produce a sugary food source [7].Con Said: "..Humans are a virus.."BUT a virus IS an ANIMAL!Cited Source References:[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk...[2] http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com...[3] [4] [5] [6] http://www.arkive.org...[7]