(March 16, 2015 at 11:13 am)whateverist Wrote:(March 16, 2015 at 10:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: A pet owner -does- have responsibilities ensconced in law that some other type of property do not confer, of course.
If memory serves (for a change), biblical regulation of slave owners forbade them from striking their property so hard that recovery would take more than three days. Short of that, no problem.
Oh no, they could beat their slaves as long as the didn't die in one or two days. Doesn't say anything about recovery. If the slave dies after a few more days, the owner is home free.
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- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson