Re: Animal rights

From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Date: Fri Jan 15 1999 - 09:29:19 MST


"Mark D. Fulwiler" wrote:

> I have a friend who is trying to convince me that torturing cats should
> be legal ......snip..........
> At any rate, I pointed out to him that I don't give a damn about what
> Miss Rand thinks about the "rights" of sadistic cat torturers, but if he
> had a good extralegal solution to the problem of cruelty to animals , I
> would entertain the idea. He doesn't think people should torture cats,
> only that it should be legally allowed.
>
> I have two cats, so I am a bit biased in favor of the critters.
>

Well, are your cats fixed? That seems to me to be (presupposing the animal
rights argument) to be as torturous as female circumcision in humans....

Mike Lorrey



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