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CARP wrote:
> Beach Runner > spewed incessantly:
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>>Can't you read?

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> absolutely.
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>>Dominion. Look it up. Care for. Control.

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> You look it up, because your Ivy League definition above is wrong...
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> 1 : DOMAIN
> 2 : supreme authority : SOVEREIGNTY
> 3 plural : an order of angels -- see CELESTIAL HIERARCHY
> 4 often capitalized : a self-governing nation of the Commonwealth of Nations
> other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as chief
> of state
> 5 : absolute ownership
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> Main Entry: doˇmain
> Pronunciation: dO-'mAn, d&-
> Function: noun
> Etymology: Middle English domayne, from Middle French domaine, demaine, from
> Latin dominium, from dominus
> 1 a : complete and absolute ownership of land -- compare EMINENT DOMAIN b :
> land so owned
> 2 : a territory over which dominion is exercised
> 3 : a region distinctively marked by some physical feature <the domain of
> rushing streams, tall trees, and lakes>
> 4 : a sphere of knowledge, influence, or activity <the domain of art>
> 5 : the set of elements to which a mathematical or logical variable is
> limited; specifically : the set on which a function is defined
> 6 : any of the small randomly oriented regions of uniform magnetization in a
> ferromagnetic substance
> 7 : INTEGRAL DOMAIN
> 8 : the highest taxonomic category in biological classification ranking
> above the kingdom
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> Main Entry: sovˇerˇeignˇty
> Variant(s): also sovˇranˇty /-tE/
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
> Etymology: Middle English soverainte, from Middle French soveraineté, from
> Old French, from soverain
> 1 obsolete : supreme excellence or an example of it
> 2 a : supreme power especially over a body politic b : freedom from external
> control : AUTONOMY c : controlling influence
> 3 : one that is sovereign; especially : an autonomous state
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You know, quoting those definitions doesn't really help your case. Even
if man has been given absolute ownership over animals that does not mean
that it is right for man to do whatever he wants to them, only that he
is able to. Using that absolute ownership to hurt them seems pretty
abusive.