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Old 05-01-2006, 04:11 PM   #1
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Just in time for May Day: another great idea from the Socialists

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The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for "the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings." The PSOE's justification is that humans share 98.4% of our genes with chimpanzees, 97.7% with gorillas, and 96.4% with orangutans.
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Old 05-01-2006, 05:05 PM   #2
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An act of political masturbation: no accomplishment, but it makes them feel good.
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Old 05-01-2006, 05:36 PM   #3
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The article wasn't on the linked front page, but a search found these two blurbs.
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Old 05-01-2006, 05:45 PM   #4
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yeah...sorry. I'd followed a link from jwz's LJ and drilled up to the top of the site to try to get a read on how reliable it might be; I'd have been willing to believe it was a humor site, but apparently not. Ended up pasting the wrong link.

I'm guessing they're hoping the "undocumented persons" will vote Socialist.
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Old 05-01-2006, 10:05 PM   #5
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I'm guessing it's probably about zoos.
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Old 05-01-2006, 10:13 PM   #6
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I'm guessing it's probably about zoos.
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Originally Posted by Great Apes Declaration
"We demand that the community of equals be extensive to all the great apes, humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans."
If it's about zoos, somebody needs to rewrite the manifesto.

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