Free will
Cognitive
sentient
conscious(ness [agreed OR])
industrious
stewardship
anthropomorphise(or something)
(the) right
opposable thumb... errr...
"moreover"
Heaps more, and like others have said these words aren't inherently bad they are just commonly found in bad posts.
And whats the problem with home defense spurious? I know you said this all about matters of opinion but thats like such a specific thing, words I hate; al sharpton, no offense al sharpton.
I don't know what your beef with home defense is??? Are you a cat burglar?
Where I live now it would be rather ridiculous for me to go on about home defense but i have lived in houses in areas where I was constantly on edge all the time and had trouble sleeping etc and I don't see the problem with having some kind of home defense if you are living like this, it is a necessity if you are to lead a normal life, for some people their life wouldn't be worth living without it.
Not a gun fan myself, but big nasty security dogs? You bet.
You might be comfortable where you're living, as of january 2004 I can relate but I couldn't before and I can still understand that home defense can be a very serious need for some people.
For me it was not a form of overkill, "home defense" has litteraly in real life prevented me from being brutally beaten(or worse) by furious lower class skum on a few occassions, it has even prevented god knows what from happening to my mother on a few occassions. When i was a little kid I saw people visibly aching to come into my yard and physically attack my mother but they were held at the fence by dogs and forced to scream profanities and make death threats. Not for any reason in particular, thats just the kind of people that used to live in the same area as me.
Surely you understand that all people aren't harmless, and all good people aren't trained ninjas that can effectively defend themselves from gangs of attackers.
I would argue that when we, as a species, find a permanent shelter it is correct and natural(even instinctual) to have it guarded by a canine or 2. Thats what they're there for.
(and hunting and sheep herding etc, but we don't do that much anymore, we do however still live in houses and homo-sapiens still are a viscious combative and quarrelsome species, that can be a danger to eachother)