Before reading the rest of the monsterthread I appear to have started, I should probably put into words what I was failing to earlier and have since pinned down - if humans aren't the only animal capable of this kind of thought, does it in any useful sense devalue the ability to think in this way? If not, why is the initial statement in the creed important? If so, why?
A quick thought experiment suggests that if there were another sentient species on this planet then I would wish to include them in the same category as humans for the purposes of my grandiose rhetoric. Quite where that leaves the exact purpose and nature of the comment I'm not entirely sure :-)
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Etc.
On with the thread...
It was quite a fun monsterthread!
And okay as far as the grandiose rhetoric goes, then. :)