(September 3, 2015 at 12:29 pm)Divinity Wrote: I always say: If I can't think of a reason it's wrong other than "god said so", then it's not really wrong.
In this case, animals can't give consent. Probably doesn't hurt them emotionally or physically, but it's still abuse. That'd be like saying you can rape a mentally handicapped person who doesn't have the capacity to understand.
I think there's a difference between animals and people though. For example, we don't euthanize mentally handicapped people when they are very ill and near death.
There are other things we do to animals without their consent that we would never do to people. That's why I think the argument about consent isn't consistent unless you really do think it's wrong to do anything negative to an animal without their consent.
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