Do Mermaids deserve Human Rights?

[The Devil Man]

The other day, as your Good Friend Devil Man was watching The Little Mermaid on the Disney Channel, he was struck by an interesting thought...

Yes! He was!

As he watched the luscious Beautiful Sea Goddess Ariel (sexy! ) swimming around in the Ocean wearing only a bikini he suddenly wondered:

Do Mermaids deserve Human Rights?

Or do they deserve Animal Rights (even though they are a fishy fish)

And do Fish have rights too?

For you see... Mermaids are half Human, half Fish. So do they deserve half Human Rights and half Animal Rights? Or do they deserve full Human Rights and full Animal Rights? In which case... isn't that discriminating against us ordinary Humans? Because we don't get Animal Rights as, ummm... we are Humans!

Let us solve this Mystery which has puzzled philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle for many thousands of years once and for all, oh beloved EoFF'ers!!!

[Rye]

Depends if it's the mermaid with the lady top and the fish body or the fish top and lady bottom.

[LunarWeaver]

Mermaids and mermen are a threat to us and should be eliminated.

Edit: And they deserve human rights.

[Frozen Phantom]

ALL MERMAIDS AND MERMEN MUST DIE!!! they will no longer get away with their evil songs and dark undertones. RISE MY WARRIORS RISE!!!

[The Devil Man]

Depends if it's the mermaid with the lady top and the fish body or the fish top and lady bottom.

Let us assume, for the sake of this Intellectual discussion, that it is the sexy type of Mermaid, like Ariel, the Little Mermaid...

Ergo...

The Mermaid with the lady top and fish body!

[Iceglow]

Human rights I assume as long as like Ariel and her fellow mer-folk in the little mermaid they have an intellect and an ability to converse. IE> that they are human but have the genetics to develop a fish tail.

[Levian]

Depends if they taste good or not.

I don't think they'd want to be associated with us filthy humans, though.

[Lindy]

This is...I mean but...

This is just too surreal to respond to.

[Roogle]

You shouldn't worry your pretty self about such petty problems, Lindy. Let me take care of it.

I'd say that the mermaid civilization would be dealt with in a very diplomatic manner, but it'd be hard to communicate on a normal basis until they develop the technology to do all that! There is, also, the matter of the Mermaid Problem...

[Venom]

As long as they dont do a huge revolt against humanity I see no problem with them having human rights.

[Anaisa]

Mermaids like the ones you're refering to, are more human than animal, so they should have human rights.

[Xander]

This reminds me that I was listening to "part of your world" from The Little Mermaid last night! And no, they deserve Mermaid Rights.

[Shauna]

They deserve Human Rights! >=(

[Vincent, Thunder God]

What an odd question.

I've voted all human rights. After all, they seem to act a lot like humans.they talk, think, and behave like us (except for the fact that they have gills and can swim really well) and their treatment it more deserving of human treatment than animal treatment.

[Lindy]

I'm not sure whether I'm more worried by the concept of the thread or the fact that people are acting as if Mermaids are real.