Re: Moo/Boo! (Was: Agricultural Skyscrapers)

Jeff Fabijanic (jeff@primordialsoft.com)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 03:20:00 -0500


Michael Lorrey <retroman@together.net> wrote:

>If something cannot come up to me and discuss the weather, its not sentient.

Putting aside for a minute whether or not I agree with your thoughts on the
matter of omnivorousness/vegetarianism, I'll point out that you misused the
word "sentient". It means "capable of feeling or perception", which a cow
or a dog most certainly is. Perhaps you instead meant "sapient", which
means "capable of rational thought".

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