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If our laws on bestiality are purely to protect non-consenting animals...?
... then how is it that we haven't banned factory farming? Think about it, which act is worse for the creature? Would you prefer to raped once (or even on a regular basis), or spayed, forced into a cage in which you can never stand or lie flat, from which you'll never be removed until hours before your death, with your bones deformed from the posture the cage has imposed on you, in what I can only assume is agony? I would choose to be raped (in no disrespect to the many unfortunate victims of rape) as lesser of two rather large evils.
There must be more behind the law than simply concern for the creature. I don't think we care about animals enough, as a society, for this to be the only concern.
(Inspired by: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArnBO... )
3 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
Yeah... rape or death...
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- solariusLv 78 years ago
Factory farming hasn't been banned because it's insanely profitable. While slow progress is being made in animal welfare issues, it's tough for most politicians to get interested in banning an industry that pumps billions of dollars into the economy. It's true of factory farming, and also about "food" that really isn't food at all, but merely a collection of potentially toxic chemicals. Nobody cares about promoting either animal welfare or proper nutrition as long as there are bucks to be made off of animal suffering and junk food. The laws against bestiality are easier to get most people to agree upon. The idea of raping an animal is justifiably abhorrent. But some people don't really make a connection in their minds between a cheeseburger and suffering. Meat comes in nice little packages at the supermarket or through a fast food window, and people don't think much about how it got there.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Because people are not willing to be vegetarians or vegans. So what's the choice?
I can understand that because food is a very basic need. But how do you explain people who like to wear ivory and fur?
Though some people would prefer to starve rather than eat flesh.
