Why The Dog Posts.
I am sorry to say that I didn't totally accomplish what I set out to do with these questions. The idea was to come up with a question that was emotionally charged, had about equal numbers of people on both sides, yet had no obvious well accepted precepts that could be used for justification of one side or the other. It was totally unrelated to any stance I might have about animals. It just seemed like using dogs would be a good way to come up with such a question.
If I had succeeded in creating that perfect question, I would have then challenged people to try to figure out any way to persuade someone to change their mind. Basically by showing that their stance presupposes a principle that they must not really adhere to based on other stances they have. (For example someone might claim that they would always choose the human because all animals are objects. You might then ask them why they prefer a live dog to a Sony dog. etc. etc.)
But I'm not happy with the way things came out for various reasons and will abort the project. Please feel free to continue on without me.
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