But they do need the right to be respected. I think they re living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldn t inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means? well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a human species. We ve sort of set ourselves up as gods, and we regard anyone that doesn t fit into the human species as sort of trash. I mean, as you said earlier, we might pet them, we might skin them. We decide. And yet animals are not like us, they are us. If we took elementary biology, we learned that we are one animal among many. It s a great, if you will, somebody said an orchestra of life, we each play a different instrument. That s rather romantic
Welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you in the studio. Let me start by trying to establish a core principle. Is it your belief that animals should enjoy equal rights, the same rights as humans . Well, not the same rights, because, of course, they dont need the right to do some of the things we wish to do, like drive a car or vote, although they might do better than weve done sometimes. But they do need the right to be respected. I think theyre living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldnt inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means . Well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a Human Species. Weve sort of s
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. We humans have a complicated relationship with animals. Some we pet, some we skin, some we eat. We destroy their wild habitats while we agonise about the loss of species diversity. It is not an equal relationship, its exploitative, but will it ever change . And if so, how . My guest is determined that it should. Ingrid newkirk is president and Co Founder of the Campaign Group people for the ethical treatment of animals. Is she the Human Ally Animals need . Ingrid newkirk, welcome to hardtalk. Ingrid newkirk, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen. Thanks very much, stephen. Its a great pleasure its a great pleasure to have you in the studio. To have you in the studio. Let me start by trying let me start by trying to establish a core principle. To establish a core principle. Is it your belief that animals is it your belief that animals should enjoy equal rights, should enjoy equal rights, the same rights as humans . The same rights as huma
The question is how and why did the 40yearold building suddenly give way . And Rudy Giuliani gets his law license suspended following the election. Is the former attorney getting disbarred . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that kind of feels like summer is really flying by. Im kasie hunt on this friday, june 25th. Well start with the news. Politics and the Infrastructure Deal that was introduced by the white house and a group of bipartisan senators yesterday. The president celebrated the deal but said its just a start. The framework that was released by the white house allocates 6 trillion. To get the deal, dell carats had to concede in investment and climate and other measures like child care, education, and paid family leave. Theyre planning to put those measures in a separate budget reconciliation bill, hoping to ease concerns to progressives about this, he said hell only sign the deal if there are other guarantees that come right alon
Czar. Here is a piece that is wringing its hands over the mainstreaming of crazy even as it main streams crazy. White House Press Secretary jen psaki seemed to chuckle when asked about the space force. Wow, space force. Its the plane of today. Will im grateful its been a while. Steve live from washington, d. C. And New York City. Its fox friends for wednesday, february 3rd, 2021. Were Groundhog Day plus one which means five more weeks and six days of winter according to that kind we weasel we saw yesterday in pennsylvania. Ainsley we love snow. Steve i have 30 inches of snow at my house. Ainsley you need that skip bedell thing that blows the snow out of your driveway. Steve my neighbor came and son came over and helped me too my sidewalk. Ainsley thats nice. Brian i have not had the opportunity to shovel my sidewalk since 1957 when we started the show. Every time it starts to snow they say you cant go home. Steve you havent been home in four days are brian brian i just got home last ni