Next time you hear one of those DNA comparisons between humans and animals making the point of the similarities and the moral status that should follow from that relation, Jonah Goldberg has a response:
Lord how hate it when people do those DNA comparisons. I'm all for being nice to monkeys and gorillas, but please. We share a lot of the same DNA with dogs and, if memory serves, a big chunk of our DNA matches up nicely with some fruits and vegetables. What, exactly, should that tell us? We share 100% of our DNA with fetuses -- as Ramesh would likely note -- and yet that never seems to argue much in their favor among the crowd that wants animals to have rights.
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