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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Clever. I wish I’d gotten a serious discussion out of this, but that’s the community.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A serious discussion about the ethics of bestiality? If that's the kind of place you're looking for I think you might have to create it yourself.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I don’t think I have the moderating skills, lol.

[–] ghurab@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But his comment is relevant the toppic.

Modern industrial famring utilizes forced insemination with a tool operated by a human.

A reasonable person could argue that it's not sexual assault becuase the act was not for sextial gratification, but purely utilitarian in order to obtain a baby cow, disregarding the welfare of the cow.

In other words, whether an act is sexual assault or not depends on the intentions of the actor, regardless of the experience of the subject and physical nature of the act.

If you fill in "human" as your subject in the above formula, a reasonable person could conclude that the experience of the subject does, infact, matter.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago

You got it. This is why I went vegan for years.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I’m aware. I’m a vegan because I’m not down for animal rape. The bestiality laws are written with exceptions for people who are acting, not out of their own sexual interest, but out of financial interest.

I wanted to have a slightly different discussion, because this one’s depressing as shit though.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Now I'm trying to figure out what dirty joke I accidentally made