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[Glenzig]

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Originally Posted by Glenzig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're splitting hairs at this point.

Just because I acknowledge that morality exists in the animal kingdom and can see evidence of it does not mean I'm claiming to know where the line is drawn as to whether or not all animals possess it and which ones do/don't.

I describe radical Muslims as animals in the same way that when I make a sandwich a tomato is a vegetable.

You're not ascribing any characteristics to the tomato. You're simply stating a fact. Stating that someone acts without moral reason would be stating a fact. When you say someone is acting like an animal, you are illustrating their actions by comparing them to something easily recognizable. An animal. Now if animals were inherently empathetic and moral, this illustration would fall flat. But everyone knew what you were saying. Everyone recognizes that animals act without moral compass.