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8. We often consider our furbabies as "part of the family"

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 03:45 PM

Jul 2014

Seems like that designation could make them "people."

Plus, beings such as mermaids, sphynxes, centaurs, satyrs, fauns, selkies, sirens, and all the others I can't remember, are whole beings, not half human and half whatever animal their bodies seem to include. Yet, they can interact with whole humans due to having some of their whole bodies in human form.

In other words, most people don't say "She's half human and half fish," instead saying, simply, "She's a mermaid." Yet, people continue to say "half human, half horse" or "half goat" when referencing other similar whole beings.

It's discrimination!

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Ha malaise Jul 2014 #1

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If I sleep now, kentauros Jul 2014 #5

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Happily so! kentauros Jul 2014 #11

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We often consider our furbabies as "part of the family" kentauros Jul 2014 #8

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Is it? kentauros Jul 2014 #16

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That was such a great movie! kentauros Jul 2014 #22

That movie had an amazing grasp of the mythological material Hekate Jul 2014 #33

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Rut-roh! You shouldn't have mentioned that name. pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #40

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Is that 'M' for 'Mythical'? kentauros Jul 2014 #49

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