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at 27 Jun 2006: 05:36

>>958
And as a heterosexual, I don't like being compared to animal-fuckers.

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Svansfall at 27 Jun 2006: 05:40

>>960
Yes, I suppose it is becasue homsexuality wasn't accepted as being a sexual orientation in the past, and now it is, that they specifically mention homosexuality, instead of heterosexuality, when they compare it to another orientation.

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at 27 Jun 2006: 05:40

>>944

Uh, Svansfall, you keep bringing up the same "What's wrong with giving pleasure" argument. I don't remember anyone saying that pleasuring animals was wrong. Nobody is saying that making animals feel good is wrong, or they'd be against treating animals well. What they're saying is that you're wrong DESPITE the pleasure. Maybe you should respond to what they say instead of some imaginary argument that nobody ever made.

The closest I can think of is the "Why does it have to be sex" post, which you responded to basically by saying "cause I want to". Nobody says making animals feel good is bad. But then, I read this pretty quick. If there's a post that says making animals feel good is bad, then point me to it. Until then, quit asking "Why is it wrong to make an animal feel good", because nobody asked.

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Svansfall at 27 Jun 2006: 06:02

>>963
Hi someone without a name,

I have replied to this already.  The genitals is a very sensitive area of the body.  To the individuals who enjoy being stimulated there, the stimulation there is giving them a certain kind of pleasure that they enjoy more than the stimulation elsewhere.

This is why mares and cows when feeling sexual tension will try to rub their genitals against anything suitable they can find, to relieve their sexual tension.  Usually, they cannot stimulate themselves enough in that way, which makes them frustrated and restless.   If I stimulate an animal in heat, who enjoys it, they will be noticably relaxed and calm afterwards, and they are no longer stressed and frustrated.

If they know that I can give them release in this way, they will come up to me, and ask me for it.

I have also asked the question: Why is it wrong for me to give pleasure to someone, when everyone involved enjoys it, and when none of us are coming to harm?   If someone would answer this question, I could reply to it.

If they are saying that I am wrong despite the pleasure, then they should also state why I am wrong despite the pleasure.

OddlyEnough had a moral reason for why something could be wrong despite the pleasure, and I think he had an interesting view of what is moral and not, even though I don't subscribe to his view.

Some people have said in this discussion that "sex with animals is rape", period.  Regardless of if the animal feels pleasure or not, regardless of wheter the animal is willing or not.

If someone is saying that sex with animals is always bad, they are automatically implying that it is wrong to make an animal feel good.  That is why I am asking the question, and I am still awaiting an answer.

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 27 Jun 2006: 09:44

If they know that I can give them release in this way, they will come up to me, and ask me for it.

Um, what?

If they are saying that I am wrong despite the pleasure, then they should also state why I am wrong despite the pleasure.

If it's rape, then the 'pleasure' component doesn't matter.

Next question.

Some people have said in this discussion that "sex with animals is rape", period.  Regardless of if the animal feels pleasure or not, regardless of wheter the animal is willing or not.

Yes. Several human women have been bought to orgasm by rape, and animals can't give a form of consent valid for a human. A human can, however, give animal consent.

If someone is saying that sex with animals is always bad, they are automatically implying that it is wrong to make an animal feel good.

No, they're saying sex with animals is bad. We have catagorically stated that we believe the "pleasure" part has nothing to do with our argument. Pleasure is only *part* of bestiality. You keep seeing it as *central*. For that to be true, it would have to be the object of bestiality, and there are plenty of people sticking themselves into cows just because they're horny.

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 27 Jun 2006: 09:58

>>953

If you need the animal to be able to give the human definition of "consent" in order to do anything with an animal, you could not even walk the dog, even though the dog comes up to you with their lead in their mouth, and go to the door and scratch it.

Anything *sexual*. Funny how that part of it keeps being missed.

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Guan at 27 Jun 2006: 10:13

Wow, we're getting close to the wire here.  Keeping that in mind, I think the next thread should be titled "Zoophilia: Sexual Orientation or Not" if you guys wish to once again have such a prolific post count as this.  Then again, I believe the whole Western notion of orientation and the labeling system we use to lump people into categories and thus make it simple is rather crumbly and fairly socially-driven...one of the few things I think this argument shows, but that's still for another topic.  ^..^

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 27 Jun 2006: 11:18

>>967
No, it's logic driven. Catagorires are a way of abstracting and grouping reality. Without them, we'd go insane.

What bugs me is that the labeling *itself* is considered bad, regardless of what the label is. It can be bad, when one is unwilling to accept that said label one has applied to another is wrong, or needs to be changed.

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at 27 Jun 2006: 11:29

I wank my corn,
to lovely porn,
Sometimes it's furry,
sometimes it's dirty,
but always it is porn.

When I see a picture,
Where someone gets ruptured,
and dies a horrible death.

Must I then get
A knife or drill bit
and kill someone needlessly.

Animals have genitals,
most humans too.
Why not fantasize
about the two?

Stop- Think: PoV

All the animals on fchan are actually hyper intelligent and choose to have sex on their own.  Any of the artists will gladly confirm this I bet!  Its fantasy, who are you to argue?

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Svansfall at 27 Jun 2006: 11:30

>>965 and >>966
Hello Juberu.

Um, what?


You've previously acknowledged that you've read the posts in which I spoke of how the animals react and interract in when they are actively seeking pleasure.  In post >>646, you say: "I'll take your word for it.  Seriously, dude, that sounds a little creepy, even within the context of this debate."

Several human women have been bought to orgasm by rape, and animals can't give a form of consent valid for a human. A human can, however, give animal consent.


The difference is that those human women would never dream of coming back for more, and in the unlikely case they would do, then they seriously need professional help.  If you restrain an animal, and bring them to orgasm against their will, they will not approach you again.  Any kind of doing anything against the animal's will is wrong, how many times must I emphasize that?

No, they're saying sex with animals is bad. We have catagorically stated that we believe the "pleasure" part has nothing to do with our argument. Pleasure is only *part* of bestiality. You keep seeing it as *central*. For that to be true, it would have to be the object of bestiality, and there are plenty of people sticking themselves into cows just because they're horny.


It is the worst examples of bestiality that becomes visible on the net.  People who care about their animals don't tend to be interested in porn, and are highly unlikely to produce porn.

For zoophiles, the wellbeing and pleasure of the animal IS the central part.  Of course there are really ugly sides of bestiality - there are ugly sides to any sexuality.

Give me one reason why it is okay to say that an entire sexual orientation is wrong, just because there are some irresponsible and disturbing people who don't understand the concept of respect, involved with this sexual orientation.

There are lots of heterosexual rapists and heterosexual porn that doesn't show a very nice view of sexuality.  Should we therefor say that heterosexual acts are all wrong?  No, you cannot judge one entire group for what some individuals in the group are doing.

Anything *sexual*. Funny how that part of it keeps being missed.


Juberu.  Read post >>953 again.  When you read it again, you will notice that the part you mention is not being missed.   Then reply to post >>953, really reply to it.  Reply to the entire post instead of replying to one paragraph out of context.

You asked why "The human half of consent" is dropped, I answered the question you asked, and replied with several clear points, and you didn't even bother to reply to the answer to your question.

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Southpaw at 27 Jun 2006: 15:26

Post 971 . 29 to go.

>>970
 
Svansfall your an idiot. In sense of humanity rape is bad. But beyond our little human world window which we view everything. Nature doesn't CARE. The human mind is a sick gland. People can develop strange desires. Yes there are people which get off on raping children and women.. its a rush and something which they find intriguing. There is no possible way to stop it.

In nature.. there are species of animals which rape undoubtfully  to pass on offspring. It is the only way which they do it. There is no possible explination why. Just happens to be as so.

There will always be closet humanity. We hide sexuality and function of our entire brain away from our own children untill they laugh and provoke it and too old to understand it. Were sensative little shits that judge and dement this world and will continue too untill some major diaster comes and fucks our little tiny shithole of a civilization. I cannot wait for that day. I want to die and know humanity just got a nice punch in the FACE to show that were more fragile when we think we our.




There is no such thing as Consent only Concern. Let me use it in a sentence to clarify my statement.

Can I ask for your hand in marriage? (your consenting yourself)
What about people who marry their pets.. LOOPHOLE

No one ever ask someone "Hey can I consent you for sex?"
People are generally "Wanna have sex?"
No one ever said anything about consent because the reply is "okay." It just means that they favor the situation.

Now everyone here is CONCERNED about consent. By babbling on about it and saying who we can fuck and why. But its only your knowledge not mine or theirs just yours. Whats the signifigance of your knowledge versus mine? Sure some may be dumber then others. Trying to lead or tell what others to do doesn't get to brownie points. It more or less hurts your brain.. and makes you do stuff like rape.

Then again what do I know..

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at 27 Jun 2006: 15:49

>>970
"For zoophiles, the wellbeing and pleasure of the animal IS the central part."

Bullshit.  For zoophiles, the pleasure of the zoophile is the central part.

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The Chicken or The Egg at 27 Jun 2006: 16:41

TASTES GREAT!
LESS FILLING!

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at 27 Jun 2006: 21:37

>>972 pretending to know what trully motivates myself or any other
does not make you seem intelligent.
for me it is the health happyness and well being of the animal.

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at 28 Jun 2006: 00:43

>>974

Yeah right. I'll belive you when I can get in your head. Until then, I'm just going to assume that it's about sex. Despite this, I'm sure you'll find a way to go on in life.

>>964

Yeah, person without a name here. You may call me anonymous, or anon if you're lazy.

Just for clarity, I said this.

Uh, Svansfall, you keep bringing up the same "What's wrong with giving pleasure" argument. I don't remember anyone saying that pleasuring animals was wrong. Nobody is saying that making animals feel good is wrong, or they'd be against treating animals well. What they're saying is that you're wrong DESPITE the pleasure. Maybe you should respond to what they say instead of some imaginary argument that nobody ever made.


The closest I can think of is the "Why does it have to be sex" post, which you responded to basically by saying "cause I want to". Nobody says making animals feel good is bad. But then, I read this pretty quick. If there's a post that says making animals feel good is bad, then point me to it. Until then, quit asking "Why is it wrong to make an animal feel good", because nobody asked.


So I was basically saying that nobody has said that making animals feel good is bad, because then they'd be against everything that makes animals feel good. And your response.

I have replied to this already.  The genitals is a very sensitive area of the body.  To the individuals who enjoy being stimulated there, the stimulation there is giving them a certain kind of pleasure that they enjoy more than the stimulation elsewhere.


Which isn't responding to what I said.

This is why mares and cows when feeling sexual tension will try to rub their genitals against anything suitable they can find, to relieve their sexual tension.  Usually, they cannot stimulate themselves enough in that way, which makes them frustrated and restless.   If I stimulate an animal in heat, who enjoys it, they will be noticably relaxed and calm afterwards, and they are no longer stressed and frustrated.


Which still isn't responding to what I said.

If they know that I can give them release in this way, they will come up to me, and ask me for it.


Uh... so what?

I have also asked the question: Why is it wrong for me to give pleasure to someone, when everyone involved enjoys it, and when none of us are coming to harm?   If someone would answer this question, I could reply to it.


Nobody said it wasn't! Nobody said giving anyone or anything pleasure is bad! You're responding to a point that was never made! Who do you expect to answer that question when nobody here is disputing it? There are no posters here saying that it's bad when animals feel good! They just don't think sex is a good way to do it.

If they are saying that I am wrong despite the pleasure, then they should also state why I am wrong despite the pleasure.


How many posts are there where they say that it's wrong because it's rape? They've said it like 100 times!

OddlyEnough had a moral reason for why something could be wrong despite the pleasure, and I think he had an interesting view of what is moral and not, even though I don't subscribe to his view.


If they think it's rape, then they think it's wrong for a moral reason.

Some people have said in this discussion that "sex with animals is rape", period.  Regardless of if the animal feels pleasure or not, regardless of wheter the animal is willing or not.


Because rape isn't defined by unpleasurable sex. It doen't make a difference if it feels good. They're disputing that willingness, not the pleasure. Quit making points about pleasure! Every single point you've made about pleasure is retarded, because nobody's arguing with you about that! They're saying things like "animals can't communicate" and "it's disgusting" and "it's selfish". They aren't saying "animals can't feel pleasure" or "you're inflicting pain on animals". Seriously, go back and read. Nobody has ever made the point you insist on responding to.

If someone is saying that sex with animals is always bad, they are automatically implying that it is wrong to make an animal feel good.  That is why I am asking the question, and I am still awaiting an answer.


Are you dumb or something? That's like saying that if someone doesn't want to eat corn that they're against vegetables. Juberu beat me to it, but seriously, they're saying it's wrong to do sex stuff with animals. They're not saying it's wrong to make animals feel good, they're saying that it's wrong to have sex with them. So unless you're implying that it's impossible for an animal to feel pleasure unless you start rubbing their twats, then the whole pleasure argument falls on it's face, again, because nobody disagrees with you about that!

And as for those studies, yeah, bestiality might be a sexual orientation, by by that token, so's necrophilia, pedophilia, and every other fetish as long as the pervert takes it seriously enough. You can take every argument you've made, and insert "corpse" or "puke" or "kid" in place of "cow". I don't care if the only thing that turns you on is cows. That doesn't have anything to do with the right and wrong of it.

Here's what I would have said instead. How about "I like having sex with cows, and it's none of your business." I can handle something like that. That just makes you a pervert, like me, and most of the people here.

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Svansfall at 28 Jun 2006: 00:44

>>971

In sense of humanity rape is bad. But beyond our little human world window which we view everything. Nature doesn't CARE.


Sure, nature doesn't care.  Nature is a cruel place.  We as humans however have the choice and capabilities to make the best of the situation and try to make it less cruel.  Just because rape is part of reproduction within certain species doesn't mean it is okay for us to do it, because we have a choice.

Every winter a lot of the birds and wild deer starve to death.  I have the choice to put out food for them to eat.  Just because nature is naturally a cruel place does not mean we shouldn't do our best to at least help make it slightly better.

>>972
Out of all people I know, wheter they are heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or zoophile, the wellbeing and pleasure of their partner is the key point to their own pleasure.  Thus, the focus on their partner's wellbeing and pleasure gives them their own pleasure.  How many people can enjoy having sex if they know their partner is not enjoying?   Are you having sex with your own partner without concern for his/her wellbeing and pleasure?

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Guan at 28 Jun 2006: 01:15

>>976 Well, pal, I'm afraid I really didn't care about a lot of what you said up until now.  Let me tell you, you have no idea how many people I've known in my life who never gave two rat's shits about the pleasure of their partner over their own, be it willing or not.  Because of these idiots, I am personally devoted to that balance for both partners, although I still favor my partner's pleasure over mine to a small degree.  If by all people you know, you mean those that you've got to know...well, consider yourself lucky.  Otherwise, you are a very naive person, and I advise you do your research. 

From what I've gathered, I hereby state that zoophiles can be capable of caring and not caring about their animal's pleasure, some with a better notion of the concepts than others.  It depends on the person and the animal and the circumstances and a lot of other fun stuff.  To say it must go one way or another is silly and shows a lack of creative and critical thought.  So there.  :P

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Svansfall at 28 Jun 2006: 01:43

>>975
Hi again, person without a name.

Which still isn't responding to what I said.


I thought you asked me again to answer the question of "Why does it have to be sex?", so I answered.  I probably read your question wrong.  My apologies.

Nobody said it wasn't! Nobody said giving anyone or anything pleasure is bad! You're responding to a point that was never made! Who do you expect to answer that question when nobody here is disputing it? There are no posters here saying that it's bad when animals feel good! They just don't think sex is a good way to do it.


You keep saying that giving anyone sexual pleasure is bad.  Sexual pleasure is one kind of pleasure.

How many posts are there where they say that it's wrong because it's rape? They've said it like 100 times!


To say "because it is rape" does not answer the question of why giving sexual stimulation is wrong, when the animal shows that they enjoy it and are willing.  Then they should have to state why it is rape to be sexual with someone who enjoys it and are willing.

If it is down to the issue that animals cannot speak human words and thus not show the human definition of consent, no matter how clear their body langauge is, we're just back to the points that me and Juberu are currently debating.

Because rape isn't defined by unpleasurable sex. It doen't make a difference if it feels good. They're disputing that willingness, not the pleasure. Quit making points about pleasure! Every single point you've made about pleasure is retarded, because nobody's arguing with you about that! They're saying things like "animals can't communicate" and "it's disgusting" and "it's selfish". They aren't saying "animals can't feel pleasure" or "you're inflicting pain on animals". Seriously, go back and read. Nobody has ever made the point you insist on responding to.


Pleasure is a large part of the willingness.  If you are unwilling, a touch that would normally be pleasurable, is not pleasurable anymore.  If you are unwilling the touch makes you feel uncomfortable.

This entire discussion is about bestiality, i.e. sexual contact with animals.  I am not saying that all bestiality is right.  When the animal does not feel pleasure, or the animal is unwilling, it is wrong in my opinion.  I am arguing the cases of bestiality when the animal feels pleasure, and the animal is willing.

I am arguing that it is right to give pleasure to someone who is willing - not all cases of bestiality.  If someone say "all cases of bestiality are wrong", I have to respond by saying "the cases of bestiality where the animal feels pleasure are not wrong."  There is no need to continue debating the cases where the animal does not feel pleasure.  We're already settled that it is clearly wrong.

Since you feel that it is wrong, regardless of wheter the animal feels pleasure or not, and I feel it is wrong when the animal doesn't feel pleasure, then what we have to focus upon the part we don't agree upon, i.e. the part when it is about giving pleasure.

>>977
You are right, Guan.

I expressed myself clumsily.  I have encountered people who likely cared mainly about their own pleasure.  I choose to not interract with, or get to know these kind of people, and therefor I have not discussed such issues with them.

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Svansfall at 28 Jun 2006: 02:02

>>975
Sorry, I missed one thing.

Are you dumb or something? That's like saying that if someone doesn't want to eat corn that they're against vegetables.


I typed my sentence too fast and missed out the three important words "in some cases".  The sentence was supposed to read:

"If someone is saying that sex with animals is always bad, they are automatically implying that it is (in some cases) wrong to make an animal feel good.  That is why I am asking the question, and I am still awaiting an answer."

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at 28 Jun 2006: 04:39

>>979

Hi again, person who has a name that may as well be anonymous.

You keep saying that giving anyone sexual pleasure is bad.  Sexual pleasure is one kind of pleasure.


But they're specific. Sexual pleasure. Sexual. Not just pleasure, it's specific to sexual pleasure. Furthermore, it isn't the pleasure they have a problem with, it's the sexual part. Nobody is saying that pleasure is bad. If you could give an animal pleasure without making it sexual, then the antizoos have no problem with you. They only have a problem with you if it's sexual. Do you know that that means? That means the problem they have is sex, and only the sex. Not the pleasure, the sex.

To say "because it is rape" does not answer the question of why giving sexual stimulation is wrong, when the animal shows that they enjoy it and are willing.  Then they should have to state why it is rape to be sexual with someone who enjoys it and are willing.


They've stated why it's wrong like half a dozen times. It's wrong because it's rape, and it's rape because the animals can't consent, and they can't consent because consent requires understanding. They aren't wrong about this, you just disagree. You don't think consent requires rational thought, and they do. Until you can somehow convince them that rational consent isn't a factor, nothing you say will move them. Nothing. Don't you get it? They don't care that your animals like it. They think you're bad for raping your animals. They've explicitly stated this again and again. Why is that so hard to understand?

Pleasure is a large part of the willingness.  If you are unwilling, a touch that would normally be pleasurable, is not pleasurable anymore.  If you are unwilling the touch makes you feel uncomfortable.


Pleasure is a stimulation, something that your brain processes in accordance to certain types of input. Enjoyment is what you're talking about.

Since you feel that it is wrong, regardless of wheter the animal feels pleasure or not, and I feel it is wrong when the animal doesn't feel pleasure, then what we have to focus upon the part we don't agree upon, i.e. the part when it is about giving pleasure.


Okay fine, I really didn't care, I was just pointing out a really annoying habit you had of refering to a point nobody made, but I'll take a stance. I don't see any difference between you and the people who don't care about their animal's pleasure. You're both doing the same thing as far as I can tell. The only important difference being that you think your animals crave you, while normal zoos know they're fucking animals, and just do what they want.

If you were to get your cows a bull, I bet they'd raise their tails for him, and only come to you for food and such. They only reason they want you sexually is because you make them crave sexual stimulation, and you only provide yourself for them as a souce of this instead of a real mate. You're fucking sick, and I hope someone takes your cows away from you and gives them to a responsible owner who's grounded in reality.

You'll never give the cows a bull, because you like the setup you got.
You'll never quit masturbating your cows, even if anti-zoos somehow prove that you shouldn't, because you like what you're doing, and you won't listen to any points made against you.

My opinion; I don't know whether bestiality is, in itself, good or bad, but I'm pretty sure that you are a bad person, because you're using living things to fulfil your fantasies and perverted lusts. You're cows are gimps. Living sex toys. They're doomed, because you know how to manipulate their instincts, and you're self centered and perverted enough to use this knowledge so you can get your rocks off.

Maybe not the epitome of evil, but far removed from a good guy.

Of course, that's my opinion. I don't know for sure, but given what you've told us about yourself, this is the image I get of you. You freak me out, and I don't get it cause you claim to care about animals.

And FYI, you have about as much chance of convincing me otherwise on that matter as the antizoos have of convincing you that rational consent is important. In other words, I'm not really interested in changing my mind about you, so don't try too hard.

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Couger at 28 Jun 2006: 08:38

*lightbulb* and why exactly should sex be different than petting.. no that isnt a good analogy ... okay here is a good analogy
milking has anyone stopped and ponderd what we are doing when milking a cow? touch the cows nipples rythmicly stroke and squeeze them, drink what squirts forth. and sex is bad ??
go be a monk buddy ...
I triple dog dare you to define in any meaningfull way a difference between milking a cow and giving a bull head.
well one you are touching ... so what?? in the other you are touching nipples *both sex parts* you are drinking emmisions in both cases - in neither case did the human gain any signifignat pleasure .
suddenly I realise just how deeply fucked up some people are -
----refering to those people who deep seated issuers with oooooh ew sex is bad----
oh and >>980 back in the 80's I had a newfoundland male that had no intrests in other dogs or people mearly myself as a partner.
  I actually find the sickest people in the world to be those such as yourselves who quickly assume things, such as that the cows have no accses tp others of their own species, that is a convienient cop out on your own part to help create a winnable argument.

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at 28 Jun 2006: 09:48

>>972

That depends on if you are actualy having sex with them, vs. masterbating them only.

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 28 Jun 2006: 10:51

>>981
That's not sex. Cows can have their nipples squeezed without sexual pleasure. Also, we can actually use said emissions regardless of any pleasure we get from drinking them.

And we're not saying sex itself is bad, just sex with animals.

What were you saying about distorting people's arguments into weaker forms?

I actually find the sickest people in the world to be those such as yourselves who quickly assume things, such as that the cows have no accses tp others of their own species,

If they do have access to others of their own species, why would Svansfall be masterbating them, if he cares so much about their wellbeing? Wouldn't actual *sex* be better?

Also, are you *listening* to yourself?

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Anonaconda at 28 Jun 2006: 12:07

>>971

Depending on the State, the age of consent ranges from between 14 to 18.  But why did states pick these ages?  Does something magical happen on somebody's birthday when they turn 18 that put s them in the market for sex? 

I've made the case before that consent is a legal standard and not a moral one.  It never has been and it never will be.  In fact, I would argue that the standards for consent were invented in order to eliminate ambiguity when judging sexual relations between humans of different ages or to legally define rape in the traditional sense.  It may be legal for an 19 year old to have sex with a 16 year old, but not for a 25 year old to have sex with a 16 year old, depending on the local laws.

But why make these laws in the first place?  The reason why most laws are written is to protect people and society at large from harm, and rape, statutory rape and child rape laws are no exception.  But what harm is inflicted when people have sex without legal consent?

With conventional rape, the harm in obvious.  Rape is an inherently violent crime because it is both a theft and an invasion of another person's body.  In nearly all cases, the act of rape leaves deep emotional scars and wounds.  In order to prevent harm to people (adult women, mostly) our society made laws against rape.

Statutory rape is intended to protect teenagers from the consequences of having sex.  Young people are often prone to taking unnecessary risks, making foolish choices, and are easily fool by older, more experienced people.  A young and foolish person may be taken advantage of by an older person simply because they do not fully comprehend the risks (STDs) associated with sex, nor are they capable of dealing with the potential responsibilities of sex (such as becoming pregnant).  Because of the risks involved, coupled with the foolishness of youth, we consider having sex with a minor a form of exploitation.  If harm never came to them (if there was no risk), then perhaps society would have a different view.

Child rape has been made a crime for two major reasons.  First, children do not need to be burdened with sex because they deserve a childhood.  Secondly and most importantly, sex with a child by an adult or older minor causes great psychological harm to the child (regardless of how much they enjoyed it or wanted it).  In order to protect children from being warped psychologically, our society has made laws against both child pornography and child rape.

The morality of consent and the legality of rape are both based on the deeper morality of preventing harm.  In order for an anti-zoo consent argument to work, anti-zoos must establish that having sex with an animal causes harm and/or violates animal rights. 

Without establishment of universal harm and/or the universal violation of animal rights, consent arguments have no foundational basis and are, thus, invalid.

Anti-zoos must make this link in order to have a case.  Otherwise, consent is a just as much a non-issue as is the morality of making animals wear clothes.

>>800

“That means the problem they have is sex, and only the sex. Not the pleasure, the sex.” 

That’s because they are a bunch of puritanical ogres.

“You'll never give the cows a bull, because you like the setup you got.”

That would be the preferred setup, yes.

“My opinion; I don't know whether bestiality is, in itself, good or bad, but I'm pretty sure that you are a bad person, because you're using living things to fulfill your fantasies and perverted lusts. You're cows are gimps. Living sex toys. They're doomed, because you know how to manipulate their instincts, and you're self centered and perverted enough to use this knowledge so you can get your rocks off.”

Whoa, settle down there, Jerry Fallwell!  Aren’t you being a little harsh on the guy?  Yeah, you’re probably right about him and his motivation, but I don’t think that makes him a horrible person.  It makes him an imperfect person, yes, but “far removed from a good guy”?  I can’t say we know enough about him to make that sort of judgment.  Also, do you know enough about him and his circumstances?  Maybe he can’t afford to buy his cows a bull or maybe he isn’t set up to support any resultant calves that may come about from such unions.  Also, vasectomies for any animal are unusual procedures, so finding a vet for a bull may be very difficult if not impossible.  Also, bulls don’t necessarily have sufficient sex drive.  Sometimes they just aren’t that interested in sex (so they get sent to slaughter, rather then the breeding pen).

Yeah, you could be right about him, but next time, try and find out more about a person before you fly off the handle and make personal attacks.

Also, “doomed”?  Come on, let’s not exaggerate things. 

Doom (n) – A dreadful fate, especially death or utter ruin

Cut the emotional crap!  You can say that his cows are being taken advantage of, etc, but not doomed.  Unless you can establish that some grave harm will come to his cows because he finger-fucks them, please refrain from such irrational language.  At worst it kills your credibility and at best it distracts your audience from the core of your argument.

>>981

"lightbulb* and why exactly should sex be different than petting.. no that isn’t a good analogy ... okay here is a good analogy"

It is different because it’s sex.  No, really!   That’s the reason!  Well, that and the fact that the human gets pleasure from it (because enjoying the act automatically makes it selfish by there logic).  If only you could have sex without any pleasure what so ever.  Only then would the anti-zoos be okay with finger fucks and boning.

Actually, the anti-zoo argument is that sex with an animal requires the human to obtain consent from the animal on the level that humans consent.  But why does this apply to just sex and not medial procedures?  Human doctors need consent from there patients before they perform procedures.  In fact, the level of consent required for medical procedures is several times greater than that required for two humans to have sex.

If Human doctors need human patient consent, why are Human vets excused from obtaining consent from there animal patients?  If it holds true that humans need human-level consent to have sex with animals, surly vets must have there patients sign consent forms before they begin.

Of course, the anti-zoos will say that pet owners have guardianship over there animals have power to make choices like that for there animals (in much the same vein as Power of Attorney).  (I will refrain from tearing this logic apart as legalism).  But in order for that to work, you’d have to ignore the fact that society still considers animals as property and requires most people to collar, tag and license there domestic animals/pets.  Unlike a pet, the humans we have guardianship over are not collared and licensed and if we non-sexually petted them in the same fashion that we pet out animals, we would likely have civil services file suit against us for sexually harassment.

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at 28 Jun 2006: 12:49

>>983

"If they do have access to others of their own species, why would Svansfall be masturbating them, if he cares so much about their wellbeing? Wouldn't actual *sex* be better?"

I've always said that providing a mate for your animal is the best way to satisfy them.  Who better then a member of there own species with genitalia that actually matches there counterpart!  Just be sure that at least one of them is surgically sterilized (without removal of the gonads).  Plus, if you have kids and they see your animals doing it, they will be taught by example that sex is natural and nothing to be ashamed of (unless expressed inappropriately).

I can, however, think of two and only two cases where manually stimulating an animal would be preferred to providing a mate.  In situations were a bitch has been spayed before sexual maturity, sexual drive can still develop according to my observation.  Since the genitalia of mutilated puppies stay forever juvenile, they are not compatible with mature genitalia of the opposite sex.  Therefore, the only possible way to give them what they want is to manually stimulate them.  However, since I don’t believe in spaying bitches anymore (because I consider it immoral to take sex away from animals), this is not a situation I am likely to ever encounter again.  Correctly, I still stand by the notion that providing a mate is the best think for any animal.

Unfortunately, this leads in to the other situation where I find it necessary to manually stimulate an animal.  Even if a male dog is provided a mate, most bitches (with a few exceptions) do not accept sexual advances from males unless in heat.  This means that, even though male dogs are horney 24/7/365, bitches are only horny for about a week to two weeks twice a year.  Since all bitches go into heat during approximately the same times, providing harems for male dogs does not help there situation.  Thus, male dogs are forced into sexual frustration for 48 to 50 weeks out of the year with no relief in between.  To me, this situation seems unfathomably cruel, even though it is the result of humans selectively breeding them for millennia.  It is interesting to note that male wolves do not suffer from sexual frustration because they still retain a sexual cycle in perfect sink with wolf bitches.  Because male dogs must endure so much frustration, duty to give them relief outweighs any concept of consent in my mind. 

I think what Svansfall is doing, by masturbating his animals, is reach a sort of compromise.  He gets to pleasure his animals without pleasuring himself in a like fashion.  Since he isn’t actually fucking his cows, he isn’t committing bestiality and, thus, escaping any and all moral trappings therein.  He’s trying to walk the line, in other words, without actually crossing over it.  Whether or not he actually crossed that line is another matter entirely. 

I do have one moral question for you, Juber.  But first, a little background on artificial insemination.

When vets perform artificial insemination in dogs, they jerkoff the sperm donning dog and inject that sperm into a bitch’s uterus.  After insemination, the vet then fingers the bitch because it is thought to maximize fertility. 

In cats, the tom’s sperm is harvested under anesthesia so that he will not feel pain from the electrode placed in his rectum.  When the power is turned on in pulses, the semen spills out and is collected.  Queens, unlike males, are orgasmic overulators.  In other words, they must orgasm in order to ovulate.  To do this, the vet manually stimulates the queen with an electric tooth brush or glass rod until she gives off an “aftercry”.  Usually, queens are restrained because they often flee from such stimulation and may attack the vet.

Aside from the greater moral and ethical implications of artificial insemination, what do you view it’s morality in the context of this thread?  I’m genuinely curious of your answer, so please don’t think that this is a setup for a “gotcha” argument.

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 28 Jun 2006: 19:29

>>984

It is different because it’s sex.  No, really!   That’s the reason!  Well, that and the fact that the human gets pleasure from it (because enjoying the act automatically makes it selfish by there logic).  If only you could have sex without any pleasure what so ever.  Only then would the anti-zoos be okay with finger fucks and boning.

No, we'd be "okay" if the animal was able to give human consent. The pleasure part, as we have stated several times over is *secondary*. That's called a fallacy of division; assuming the properties of the whole apply to it's parts. In this case, pleasure may be a part of bestiality, so you keep arguing that we're against pleasure itself.

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at 28 Jun 2006: 20:14

>>all
the concent argument breaks down in light of things such as milk gathering, sperm gathering, artificial insemination, etc.
unequal aplication of said morality by the practicers of such breaks its moral high ground all to hell. - the reasons have been clearly illistrated by many in this thread.
so does that leave us with its bad because you say it is?

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 28 Jun 2006: 21:03

Wow. You're reduced to "THATS WHAT U SAY!" Excellent debating, Sherlock.

I want one of these so called "reasons". And no, don't say that because others are right, this one is right too. That has absolutely no relevance to determining the rightness of bestiality itself, as *I've* and several others have pointed out several times over. Even if it were relevant, a connection would have to be made. Also, do you know what "illustrate" means?

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at 28 Jun 2006: 21:38

"thats what you say" is very simaler deabting to much of what has been given by yourself dear watson.
the connection is made go look for it.
 I can see yet another double face palming episode looming.
 If you are capable of such a shortsight as that previously then what is to ensure your ability to be observant both in this thread and upon the basic nature of the issue.
and if you are to lazy to look for them your self especially in light of the nature of this thread I wont spoon feed you, sorry.
ill leave you to mull if If I know what illistrate means.

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at 28 Jun 2006: 21:49

>>986

No!  Because you view beastailty as a selfish act, you are insisting that consent be nessesary.  If the zoophile did not get anything positive out of the experience (i.e. pleasure), it could not possibly be a selfish act.  Thus, the act no longer becomes exploitive and consent becomes irrelivant even in a purely human arena.  The focus was not on pleasure.  It was selfishness.

BTW, you didn't answer the question about vets masterbating there "patients". 

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GrapeTang#90uMe5dJAk at 28 Jun 2006: 22:21

>>989

Yeah, what the hell are you talking about? How many times have people pointed out the difference betweennecessary use of an animal for work, and arbitrary use of an animal because you're horny? What, like a dozen maybe?

>>985

I'll take a shot at that dude. It's a matter of opportunity. If there's a way to collect sperm without hurting the dog that doesn't involve giving him a hand job, then yeah, they should do that instead of the hand job, unless they got a good reason not too (really expensive etc.) For me, the problem I see is that these zoophiles act as if giving up what they do is totally impossible.

Mind you, I see it as less morally wrong as disgusting, so there's a difference there. I don't so much have a problem with zoos, but I refuse to acknowledge their fetish as some sort of legit relationship on any kind of human level. It's not the same as a relationship between two rational human beings. It isn't even a relationship between two rational beings like the hypothetical human/anthro relationship. It's some guy getting his jollies at the expense of an animal. Kinda somewhere between stuffonmycat.com and bear baiting.

>>984

OMG!!! What if none of us are even here at all! I can't prove it, so it must not be true!! Oh Fuck! None of us exist!

The morality of consent and the legality of rape are both based on the deeper morality of preventing harm.  In order for an anti-zoo consent argument to work, anti-zoos must establish that having sex with an animal causes harm and/or violates animal rights.


So... if sex without consent is rape, and rape is violating animal rights...

Dude, anti-zoos think either that animals have a right not to be raped, or they think having sex with animals is inherantly wrong (possibly due to religious reasons). The second one, you're never gonna be able to prove them wrong. Not only do you lack the divine style evidence to do so, but you lack the maturity and charisma to even get them to listen to you in the first place. Since you insist on making up their arguments for them, they'll get pissed off, and either ignore you (since they're the majority with the power), or they'll do something to you (since they're the majority with the power). Right now, there's a few fringe weirdos who approve of bestiality. Most people don't care, or find it gross, or are violently against it.

What that means is: Anti-zoos don't have to do sweet fuck all. They already have the power, and they ostracize or criminally punish zoophiles that they catch, depending on the region of the world they're in. If zoos want that to change, they need to actually try to change people's minds, not sit their and act like a bunch of kids who seem to think they can just do whatever, and everyone else just has to put up with it.

As for those who think bestiality is animal rape; those are the ones you have a shot in hell of convincing. If you actually want a shot in hell at changing anything, you'd be better off actually listening to guys like Juberu and some of the anons here, and countering what they say. By screwing with them, you're just making yourself look like an ass, and you ain't convincing nobody except the people already on your side.

Then again, that's probably what you're doing. You don't care about convincing anyone of anything, you're just trying to gain e-status by defending the little guy from (OMG) persecution.

That’s because they are a bunch of puritanical ogres.


Yeah, statements like that, they make you look like an "issues" punk, not mature. It isn't a powerful statement, it isn't even possible to back up... I doubt you even know what puritans are. You clearly have a lot of "issues" to work through, but like everyone else, I suggest you worry about your own "issues", and look to your own intolerance before raising that cross of yours and labeling anyone who doesn't agree with you as a monster.

Which is ironic by the way, since a few points later...

Cut the emotional crap!  You can say that his cows are being taken advantage of, etc, but not doomed.  Unless you can establish that some grave harm will come to his cows because he finger-fucks them, please refrain from such irrational language.  At worst it kills your credibility and at best it distracts your audience from the core of your argument.


>>977

Not so much dude. I'd say it's more along the lines of measuring whether it's worth it to allow/do something about it one way or another. If the vast majority of zoophiles are abusing their animals, maybe it's easier to just target them all instead of investigating circumstances every time. I mean, it's not like they're being asked to give up that much (despite what some fo them say), but the tax dollars involved in an investigation of circumstance would be pretty damn hard to justify spending. I figure hospitals, roads, schools, police stations, and pretty much everything else that tax dollars are spent on is more important then seperating good zoos and bad zoos (if that can even be proven. oy.)

For me, the solution is binary. Either let them all do it, or let none of them do it. I don't think it's an important enough "right" to go any deeper than that. Maybe that's not the most enlightened way of looking at things... but seriously, I don't think enlightenment comes into a conversation regarding bestiality.

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Juberu#3LrT5NRVks at 28 Jun 2006: 22:47

Whee! Eight posts more!

>>989

If you are capable of such a shortsight as that previously then what is to ensure your ability to be observant both in this thread and upon the basic nature of the issue.

You fail at intellectualism. You fail so hard.
and if you are to lazy to look for them your self especially in light of the nature of this thread I wont spoon feed you, sorry.

Wow, you're missing the point. *You* used the word incorrectly.
ill leave you to mull if If I know what illistrate means.

Hold on.
I'll leave you to mull over whether I know what illustrate means.

I think I know already.

>>990
What >>991 said.

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at 28 Jun 2006: 23:42

>>992 nice come back *bows*
you have in the past made the same assumptions.
and in the past failed the same. now the question is if you can actually grasp the things placed in text under your nose.
please do be carefull young chap, showing your annoyance and being persnickity is at best poor taste.
>>991 you speak with civility and thought, therefore you get a inteletual responce.
milking, semen gathering, butchering, and simaler activities
are no more nessisary than zoophilia - they are all activities that bring pleasure to man in one manner or another.
am I worng in that statement?

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GrapeTang#90uMe5dJAk at 29 Jun 2006: 04:15

>>993

milking, semen gathering, butchering, and simaler activities

are no more nessisary than zoophilia - they are all activities that bring pleasure to man in one manner or another.
am I worng in that statement?

Yes an no dude. If zoophiles have to give up sex with animals, that's it. It won't hurt them any more than giving up porn would hurt me. Annoying, but not damaging, unless I'm WAY too into it (and them, etc.) Semen gathering I can't speak for... I imagine a lot of people would lose their jobs, and animal breeding would become a bunch less efficient... but the other two:

Millions of people are employed by the meat and milking industry, and trillions of dollars are tied up in it. To this end, yes, it has become necessary. It's part of our lives, it's part of our heritage, and it runs so deep that it can't be given up without literally ruining more lives than I think anyone can justify just because they want people to concede to their opinion.

On the other hand, with a proper diet of soy, beans, nuts, and some vegetable high in lipids, humans "could" survive on an entirely vegetable diet. So in that respect, they aren't anymore necessary than zoopillia.

Now, I see a lot of people who say "The people who worked making meat could work on vegetable farms instead". I'm not even gonna be polite about it. That's a stupid and juvenile solution that omits reality itself. A nice dream maybe, but while you're at it, throw in immortality and intergalactic travel too, cause they're both far fetched.

First of all, you'd need to somehow come up with the resources to turn all the ranches, plants, and warehouses involved in the meat industry, and turn them into vegetable processing and storage apparatus. That sounds simple, but it would cost so much money that I can't even hazard a guess at the capital you'd need to come up with, and quickly.

Second, you'd need to retrain all those people, or find something for them to do, or reimburse them for the livelihood they just lost. There’s a lot of them, so this means, besides the time and effort involved, more money. Even if this was done gradually over years, you’d need to train people, you’d need to find a place for those who are displaced, and you need the materials to kick start the new industry: money money money.

Thirdly, people don’t want to. They like eating meat, and as such, it’s relevant to their interests to resist any idea that threatens that lifestyle. It doesn’t make them right, but it’s still a hurdle that would need to be dealt with. Meat is easy to get, it tastes good, and it doesn’t require a special course in order to figure out how to avoid starving while eating it. Vegan diets are complicated, and if you don’t swing that way, disgusting as hell. I’ve eaten vegan food before. The goldfish my frat made me swallow are more appealing.

Fourth, the animals you’re trying to protect will suddenly become obsolete, and they’ll largely die off. While cows probably don’t appreciate being slaughtered, they are slaughtered in measure, and protected and sustained by those who farm them. Same with the others. In a manner that is, whether you like it or not, similar to nature’s model, humans use animals to survive. Think about it. Predators cull herds, and defend their territory against other predators so as not to have their stock overdrawn. Humans do something similar, but we exaggerate it: we make it more efficient. In this manner, a small portion of the population can provide food for everyone.

If we aren’t using these animals in this manner, it wouldn’t make any sense to keep them. Releasing them would destroy the ecosystem they were let go in, or it would wipe them out, or every now and then, they would adapt without wiping things out (but not very often). Since it isn’t exactly cool to destroy a natural environment with tampered animals, what you’d probably see is a mass “final” slaughter of almost every domestic food animal, unless you could somehow convince a good chunk of humanity to practically enslave themselves to these animals; sustaining them just for the purposes of sustaining them... but that’d never happen, and it’d cost too much money even if people were willing.

Finally, after all was said and done... it wouldn’t make a difference. There are a lot of people on this planet, and they need to eat. That means a whole lot of vegetables, which means a whole lot of land, which means a whole lot of natural habitat (that animals are living on) would need to be commandeered on behalf of the hungry masses. Any existing preserves or farms with animals would eventually be confiscated toward this end, just as land is taken and used now... but, I guess, it’s easier to slaughter a whole region of wildlife so you can eat zucchini than to slaughter a whole region of wildlife so you can eat beef. I mean, the cow’s dead either way, since that land’s used either to raise and slaughter the cow, or to grow crops... but apparently, one way is more humane or something.

Meanwhile, if zoophiles have to give up having sex with animals: No massive industry is displaced, no livelihoods are lost, no huge amounts of capital are displaced, and no alternative, equally destructive practice needs to pop up in it’s place. They could just look at themselves in the mirror one day, and say “No more”, and their lives would be no less rich: well, except for all the self important angst and melodrama. They would probably suffer as much as someone who had to give up coffee, or maybe, in the extreme cases, as much as someone who broke up with their girlfriend (which just screams freakish obsession to me, but whatever).

...

All that aside, even if milking, butchering, and artificial insemination are wrong, or right, whatever: doesn’t mean that bestiality is right or wrong.

I think I covered it all there... thorough, clear, I hope.

OH! For those of you who think I’m bullshitting about how big the meat industry is, just use a little common sense. There’s the ranchers, the butchers, the refrigerator truck drivers, the health inspectors, the people working in the markets selling and preparing meat, the people who make tools for butchering, and preparing meat, the people who build the refrigeration units for the trucks, storage houses, restaurant coolers, etc, and the people who produce, ship, and peddle the condiments used on meat... not to mention the dog food industry (plus shipping and distributing), the leather industry (plus shipping and distributing), and so on.

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at 29 Jun 2006: 05:44

>>993 Hey old man! You win at the internets! Your "inteletual responce" would have more impact if it were spelled correctly.

Humans are omnivorous. That means plants AND animals go in our mouths, and that means we eat meat because we were born to, not because of some pleasure response. Just because a handfull of folks decided to switch to being herbavores doesn't mean it's right.

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at 29 Jun 2006: 08:37

>>995 im actually in agreement for the most part with what you said there 99.99? +/- and trully i wasant just arguing like some people are want to.  I do see a very deep simalarity between the sex part of zoophilia and old style milk gathering.
yes you are correct in that it would mess up our system if things changed.
I think its not so much im trying to say people killing animals milking animals etc, makes zoo correct . (nothing is inherantly correct or wrong so yah) but more so that the happy attack by those who will eat the flesh and drink the blood and prosper from the sweat of animals without getting informed consent is wrong..
they loose their moral superiority to cast the first stone.
i never claimed this argument makes zoo right - mearly it has enough points to make those saying we are bad wrong.
the two statements do not have to be bound together.

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Anonaconda at 29 Jun 2006: 08:43

>>994

"Millions of people are employed by the meat and milking industry, and trillions of dollars are tied up in it. To this end, yes, it has become necessary. It's part of our lives, it's part of our heritage, and it runs so deep that it can't be given up without literally ruining more lives than I think anyone can justify just because they want people to concede to their opinion."

I'm sorry, but this is a load.  In a capitalistic and even naturalistic society, nobody owes there neighbor a purchase.  Yeah, if everybody quit eating meat, lots of people would lose there jobs.  Yeah, it would really suck to be one of those people, but that's life.  Times change and markets change, so we must all be willing to adapt to the changing environment.  This is how things work in nature.  If you don't adapt, you die out.  Besides, a lot of those meat industry workers are probably Mexican illegals anyway.

If people quit eating meat, nature is quite literally selecting meat producers for extinction.  To buy meat simply to sustain the industry is to go against nature and every time people go against nature, people run into trouble.  This is also why communism doesn't work, btw.

And this isn't only true for the meat industry.  Any industry you can think of can be applied to this economic theory.  Consider how online baking has severely injured the check printing industry.  People are loosing there jobs because people are banking online!  Does this mean I should buy more checks to other people don't have to loose there jobs?  Hell no, because I don't owe said people a damn thing!  Every able-bodied person is responsible for there own self.  Adapt or go extinct.  No amount of human idealism will change this reality.

"Fourth, the animals you’re trying to protect will suddenly become obsolete, and they’ll largely die off."

Big deal!  They were just going to wind up on somebody's dinner plate anyway.  Also, who cares if a particular breed dies off.  Honestly, why is it so important to sustain a human created breed of cow if humans hypothetically don't need it anymore?

"First of all, you'd need to somehow come up with the resources to turn all the ranches, plants, and warehouses involved in the meat industry, and turn them into vegetable processing and storage apparatus. That sounds simple, but it would cost so much money that I can't even hazard a guess at the capital you'd need to come up with, and quickly."

It actually requires less infrastructure to feed people with plants than it does to feed people with cows.  You see, with cows, you need to feed them with harvested plants, but when you grow plants and then give those plants to cows, there is an energy loss, so it actually requires more land and more fossil fuels to feed people cows than it does plant matter.  When you grow plants, the energy goes directly to the human without the energy loss required to sustain the life of the cow.  Just think of all the farm land you wouldn't need anymore.  And as for the infrastructure used to distribute the food to the cows, that same infrastructure could divert plant that same matter towards the human food industry.

Here's an idea!  Take all that ranch land and turn it into tree farms and hire all those meat workers as loggers.

"If we aren’t using these animals in this manner, it wouldn’t make any sense to keep them. Releasing them would destroy the ecosystem they were let go in, or it would wipe them out, or every now and then, they would adapt without wiping things out (but not very often). Since it isn’t exactly cool to destroy a natural environment with tampered animals, "

Okay, now you’re making up stuff.  Destroy the ecosystem?  Cows?  Give me a break!  These animals are so well adapted to the environments that humans provide them, that they likely would be unable to survive in the wild on there own.  So many of them have been bred to be fat, dumb and stupid (much like the typical westerner).  Easy pickings for wild predators, I'd say.  Bears, wolves and cougars of North America would make short work of them and likely enjoy a population surge because of it.  Take my word for it.  The environment isn't that fragile.  It can adapt quite easily to the change, just like an unstifled economy.

"but apparently, one way is more humane or something."

Actually, you would use less land if you just raised the crops, rather than crops to feed cows.  Less land use and fewer burping cows is the real ecologic benefit.

"OH! For those of you who think I’m bullshitting about how big the meat industry is, just use a little common sense. There’s the ranchers, the butchers, the refrigerator truck drivers, the health inspectors, the people working in the markets selling and preparing meat, the people who make tools for butchering, and preparing meat, the people who build the refrigeration units for the trucks, storage houses, restaurant coolers, etc, and the people who produce, ship, and peddle the condiments used on meat... not to mention the dog food industry (plus shipping and distributing), the leather industry (plus shipping and distributing), and so on."

And if they all lost there jobs because of a changing market dynamic, I would have much sympathy for them but, again, that would be there problem to take care of, not mine.

>>995
"our "inteletual responce" would have more impact if it were spelled correctly."

Hurray for nit-picking bull shitters!

"Humans are omnivorous. That means plants AND animals go in our mouths, and that means we eat meat because we were born to, not because of some pleasure response. Just because a handfull [sic] of folks decided to switch to being herbavores [sic] doesn't mean it's right."

First of all, if you are going to criticize people’s spelling, please spell things correctly yourself.  You spell “handful” with one “l” and “herbivores” is spelled with an “i” not an “a”.

Also, your logic of causality is wrong.  Have you ever considered that the pleasurable response to eating meat is the reason why people continue to eat it?  Have you also considered that we were born to crave foods rich in fat and protein, rather than the notion that we were born to eat meat?  Our mass eating of meat is simply a consequence of our desire to eat fat and protein rich foods.

Omnivory does not imply that any individual was designed to eat any particular food or a particular range of foods.  It is, in fact, a survivability trait.  It means that humans are able to eat a wide variety of foods because the ability to eat many different things improves survivability.  This simply means that we can eat what ever is available, rather than implying what we should eat.

People eat meat because they like it and because they are able.  People like eating meat because they were designed to like it.  The way you describe our motivation implies that we eat meat because of a mindless instinct we have no control over.

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