@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • edit-21 year agoYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1907arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up1857arrow-down1external-linkYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.com@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • edit-21 year agomessage-square201fedilinkfile-text
Not really sure what to put here…I usually put relevant excerpts, but that got this post deleted for doing that
minus-square@Emerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoSentient beings are not houses or cars. If parents abuse their babies, they will get them taken from them. Same should apply to animals.
minus-square@BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year ago If parents abuse their babies, they will get them taken from them. By the state after a detailed legal process, not some rando off the street after a beer.
minus-square@Emerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoBut with animals, the state won’t help them. If a baby was being tortured and the state wouldn’t save them, how could you blame someone for taking it into their own hands?
Sentient beings are not houses or cars. If parents abuse their babies, they will get them taken from them. Same should apply to animals.
By the state after a detailed legal process, not some rando off the street after a beer.
But with animals, the state won’t help them. If a baby was being tortured and the state wouldn’t save them, how could you blame someone for taking it into their own hands?
deleted by creator