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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
well the thread was basically questioning the moral distinction between financially supporting factory farming through the consumption of meat (which is arguably a pretty cruel process) for the sake of pleasing your tastebuds (as you don't really need to eat meat to survive anymore if you live in a developed country and have even a modest income) and having sex with animals for the sake of satiating one's perverse sexual desires. basically, the argument is that i don't believe animals truly do have any real 'rights' to speak of. at least not in any consistent sense. so talking about needing their 'consent' is really quite silly when you think about it. we don't need their consent to murder them or exploit them in a variety of other ways, yet we need their consent to sexually exploit them? it's just a bit silly to me. but i honestly don't really care that much anymore. it was just a thought i had some months ago. i'm not about to march on washington for some pervert's right to **** sheep any time soon. i just get a kick out of questioning cultural taboos.
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Yes it's true, laws don't always make sense. For example, marijuana was outlawed for being "dangerous", while alchohol kills far more people each year than marijuana could ever hope to. But strides are being made to crack down on corporate animal cruelty, and companies are being pressured to use more painless methods of slaughtering (as well as more ethical feeding and breeding procedures). Believe me, you're not the only one to notice the hypocrisy in the government trying to prevent animal cruelty while turning a blind eye to horrible corporate practices.
But as for the whole "sex with animals" bit, just drop it. There is no possible way you can communicate with an animal to the level where consent without doubt could be gained. Like I said, it would be taking advantage of them regardless of the circumstances, just like it would be taking advantage of someone who has very low mental capacities (i.e. a serious mental disability) if you had sex with them, even if they came unto you.