07-30-2005, 03:39 PM
I completely disagree with your position ghostiger, but I'll try to only address the legal aspects to keep this thread relatively sane since a discourse on homosexuality will clearly not change your opinion over the internet.
Even if you think homosexual sex is "bad", you have to admit that it is between two consenting human beings, whereas an animal cannot give consent in bestiality. An animal cannot articulate when it is in pain (kicking, bucking, whatever can be interpreted in any number of ways I'm sure) and its desires are for the most part unknown. When one human has sex with another without the second party's consent, it is called rape. Animals cannot ever give consent. Therefore, the rights of the animal must be protected.
Even if you think homosexual sex is "bad", you have to admit that it is between two consenting human beings, whereas an animal cannot give consent in bestiality. An animal cannot articulate when it is in pain (kicking, bucking, whatever can be interpreted in any number of ways I'm sure) and its desires are for the most part unknown. When one human has sex with another without the second party's consent, it is called rape. Animals cannot ever give consent. Therefore, the rights of the animal must be protected.
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London