topics and the constitution

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R: That the USFG should increase the rights of non-human animal species in
the US.

In my opinion the topic committee should withdraw this topic from
consideration or at least substantially change the wording so that it falls
within the realm of environmental regulations.

The topic committee should also consider whether or not

R: That biocentric ethics are more desirable than anthropocentric ethics.

and

R: That we should embrace the principles of deep ecology.

fall within the topic area voters have selected.

I believe that the animal rights topic isn't even close to the topic area and
these last two are borderline at best.

In their attempt to be "creative and diverse" the committee may have been
just a bit overexuberant and pushed aside the direction voters have given
them. I urge their prompt reconsideration of the three topics I listed above.

Tim Mahoney, Pace U.

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