NEWS: Are Chimpanzees People? Part II

I agree.

It's definitely not a "people" but, yeah, I don't see why that should stop someone from giving it stuff...

i thought the same thing... it seems as though the chimp is a being with interests, given that it's intelligent enough to have interests, but it isn't a person.

Seems like something that had good intentions, but went the wrong route. Hopefully they will find one that works out logically and legally.

Yeah, only but that criteria I'm not people either.

One could, however, shoot someone in the face and retain all of their rights.

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What a lot of people don't seem to get is that there's a huge legal difference between "person" and "human." A corporation is a "person" inasmuch as it has its own unique concerns, responsibilities, and some measure of self-determination (in the form of a board of directors), even though nobody would ever confuse it for a human being.

Similarly, a chimp (and arguably many other animals) could be considered a "person" without redrawing the species lines.

Honestly, do you think that "chimps are not people LOL" is really news to the lawyers and judges involved?