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mikesouth · 12-05-2013, 10:16 AM

The problem comes when you start to confer "rights" to animals....for instance which animals have rights and what rights do they have...Im not saying that it is OK to be cruel to animals by any means...I hate that shit, but looking at it from a clearly legal standpoint it is a legal quagmire.

If you stop and think about it, it becomes very complex....for example I can legally kill a dog that i own so long as I dont do it in an "inhumane" method, but what if we said OK its never legal to kill a dog....what would happen with all the pound dogs? dogs with rabies? Ok now we say ok its legal to kill some dogs, some times....I assume yer starting to get the picture.

The simplest way is to legally treat animals as property, now for the sake of argument lets say the court decides OK animals ARENT property...so now i can lure your dog to my house with a nice juicy steak and keep him and I havent stolen your property....matter of fact i havent committed any crime, now what if it isnt a dog, what if its a chicken do I have the right to kill my chicken and eat it if it isnt my property? Do you?

All of these things have evolved over long periods of time in our legal system and generally i think it is the correct legal situation, animals should be considered property, so the question then becomes should I be afforded the right to sue for punitive damages if you steal my property or harm my property....OK does this also apply to my laptop? my porn collection?

i think now you are starting to get the picture

12-05-2013, 10:16 AM
mikesouth Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My High Horse Posts: 6,334	The problem comes when you start to confer "rights" to animals....for instance which animals have rights and what rights do they have...Im not saying that it is OK to be cruel to animals by any means...I hate that shit, but looking at it from a clearly legal standpoint it is a legal quagmire. If you stop and think about it, it becomes very complex....for example I can legally kill a dog that i own so long as I dont do it in an "inhumane" method, but what if we said OK its never legal to kill a dog....what would happen with all the pound dogs? dogs with rabies? Ok now we say ok its legal to kill some dogs, some times....I assume yer starting to get the picture. The simplest way is to legally treat animals as property, now for the sake of argument lets say the court decides OK animals ARENT property...so now i can lure your dog to my house with a nice juicy steak and keep him and I havent stolen your property....matter of fact i havent committed any crime, now what if it isnt a dog, what if its a chicken do I have the right to kill my chicken and eat it if it isnt my property? Do you? All of these things have evolved over long periods of time in our legal system and generally i think it is the correct legal situation, animals should be considered property, so the question then becomes should I be afforded the right to sue for punitive damages if you steal my property or harm my property....OK does this also apply to my laptop? my porn collection? i think now you are starting to get the picture __________________ Mike South It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.