Mind's Eye Are You A Human Being ?

I guess the only thing that really allows me to know that I am a human being is that I was born into and grew up within a family of creatures who identified themselves and me as human beings. Then as reinforcement of this idea I attended large communal gatherings at regular intervals with others who generally looked and acted the same as myself. Occassionally the creatures in charge would take great pains to demand that we act like human beings, not like animals hehe. Mostly from these experiences I have learned to identify myself as 'human being'.
As far as considering myself 'apart' from other animals I'm not sure I really attended that class. Perhaps I played hooky that day and was off riding my horse through the bush with our two dogs. Granted some of the human being creatures I knew would tell me we were apart from other creatures but my own human being family seemed less concerned about this distinction and more concerned with showing other creatures great care and respect in return for the loyalty and co-operation they gave in their interaction with us. Sure we occasionally ate one of them but animals have their own ways of levelling the field when they really feel like it. I concede though none of them ever actually ate me.

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