From: Terry Donaghe (tdonaghe@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 11 1999 - 10:51:13 MST
---Samael <Samael@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Donaghe <tdonaghe@yahoo.com>
> >Are there any other "rights?" If I can own an animal, then I can
> >treat it as I wish. If you (or government or whatever) decides
that I
> >can only treat my property (an animal in this case) in certain ways,
> >then I don't truly OWN it. I'm just borrowing it from the government
> >which is nice enough to let me use it for certain pre-approved
> >functions...
>
>
> So you would be allowed to torture cows if you owned them?
> (Not that I'm saying that _you_ would want to, but in principle).
>
> Samael
>
>
Sure, why not? If we OWN property then we can do anything with it
that we wish. Either the cow is my property and I can do as I wish,
or you (government, mob rule, whatever) give me a list of what I can
and can't do with the cow - then it's no longer my property.
How many sane people will torture animals anyway? Why would I wish to
harm my own property which I have earned (worked, sweated, etc. for)?
I would guess that the only practical reasons for owning a cow is
either milk or meat production or both. In both cases, tortured cows
probably produce poorer products. So, in the long run, those who
torture their cows will lose. Therefore, individuals can torture
their cows, but in the long run, they'll either lose for it or gain
nothing.
:)
==
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