do you really believe koko the gorrila knows sign language?
i would love to have a conversation in sign with koko
i guarantee you
that gorrila wont know what to sign or even what to try to sign with some one who is truly trying to communicate with her in sign
since the gorrila incident iv been getting this whole gorrilas know sign language bullshit..i remember in the early 90s when theat movie congo came out we got it then too.....
i'm surprised at finding Deaf seemingly caught up in that diea...
but its a strange world
its simply not true
parots do not know english
they can speak english
they do not know english
do they?
but since gorrilas now have "spokemans" "talking" in to us "sign language"
and since koko the gorrila used the sign for crying...
and since we know for a fact gorrilas, koko included do not posses tear ducts to actually cry....
then we should ask this spokeman...koko
in sign of course
where did he get the idea of crying from and to explain why he is using it? when he himself can never ever ever do what he is signing. cry. (shed tears)
what would the koko the gorrilas response in sign be to that question?
i dunno
i expect spokeman to be conversant in all the angles wthat would or could be tossed at them from assholes like me
but i do know if your going to be a spokeman and "talk" to us in sing language...better get your statements in order koko
the "im just a gorrila" isnt an excuse the big boys accept
its a human world
and we humans treat eachother worse then hungry dogs....
since your a caged gorrila koko...im sure you already know this. and have spent some time on your speech in sign to make us humans aware of it...
if we are going to use human language for these creatures, and essential give them human qualites
even human work positions (spokeman)
then as humans they should be treated
bullets in the head, and all
i wouldnt of been opposed to killed gorrila being sent up for some hard time in a hard yard with hard humans.
kidnapping and assault charges get you some tough time
certainly would be no zoo...
given the strength differences...one may at first think thats a bad bargain for the humans
truth
the gorrila wouldn't stand a chance
eat all the bananas in the world...a gorrila will always and ever be just a gorrila
and faced against a team of cutties like us,
we know how that ends