We, the animals, have decided that Marc is right. Those of us who are meat eaters, ourselves, have decided to change our intestinal tracts so that we are able to digest grass. And all of us have decided to go a further step, although it may take time.

What is the further step? We are going to gradually phase plants out of our diet. After all, plants' rights, you know. Those poor, humble plants, who don't even have the option of running away like we do. We have been trampling on plants' rights for a long time, now, just like we have been trampling on the plants themselves.

We are aiming to start eating sand and rocks direct. But it's going to take some doing to adjust our digestive systems to eating rocks and sand. However, since we evolved ourselves into the way we are now, we are certain that we will be able to evolve ourselves into rock eaters over time. It might take some millions of years, though. But we are definitely going to work at it.

There are some among us who have brought up an even further, disturbing point. And that is the point of all the humble microbes (germs and bacteria and viruses) our immune systems are killing off daily. Those poor, little, "bugs." All they are doing is trying to stay alive. And we are viciously killing them off with our immune systems. Even though they may be somewhat aggressive - we might have the right to defend ourselves because they might be acting against the Principle - we should at least consider their rights, and where they are coming from, politically.

I guess you are going to get your wish, Marc. We calculate only a 0.00000001% chance that we will survive long enough to evolve sufficiently to be able to live off rocks and sand. And our survival is entirely doomed if we adopt the Principle in favor of the microbes.

In addition, a few of the more theoretical, scientist-types among us are now considering rocks' rights. I mean, just because rocks may not be alive - we are not sure that they and the rest of the inanimate objects don't have a slight aura of life in them - doesn't mean they don't have rights.

So, what does the future hold for people? Who knows? Once we get rock's rights down, the plants will want to follow the Principle, and stop eating the minerals. The plants will die out, too. I guess the whole universe will need to self-destruct simply to avoid messing with the Principle.

Oh, well. It's been fun. You might as well gorge yourself on meat as long as you can.

Bye.