>according to the same dictionary "animal"
>means
>
>"A HUMAN BEING considered with respect
>to his or her physical,
>as opposed to spiritual, nature."

That's not the same dictionary *I* read: which was the American Heritage Dictionary, which defines animal as: 1. An organism distinguished from a plant by structural and functional characteristics, such as the ability to move. 2. A LIVING BEING OTHER THAN A HUMAN BEING. 3. A brutish person - adj. 1. Of or relating to animals. 2. Sensual or physical rather than spiritual.
(American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition)

Only the last definition comes anywhere near what you quoted and the second definition CLEARLY states that human beings are not to be considered within the context of "animals". With that in mind, clearly the SAME DICTIONARY's defintion of race = subspecies ONLY as regards "plants or animals" is meant to exclude "humans" from the animal classification. That, my friends, is called reasoning...which is lacking in this discussion...

Now that this thing has gotten completely ridiculous, I'm out...

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