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		hutzlibu on Nov 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: They're Made Out of Meat (1991) "lack of empathy means they might easily abuse humans too" So just in case, we should jail most of our animal farmers/slaughterhouse workers as well?

otabdeveloper4 on Nov 27, 2023 [–]

No, because animals don't have human rights.

We jail animal abusers based on a real-world idea of "pre-crime". (Unmotivated animal abuse strongly correlates with unmotivated violence against humans. For this same reason cartoon child porn is also illegal.)

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