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You aren't honestly trying to equate beating a cat to death to giving it away to a good home because someone is terribly allergic to it... are you?

Oh well.. I guess we could get yelled at together.

I know that my opinion on animals is generally reviled. There were some epic threads in the oot about fires and saving animals and such.



I think that she was aiming that at tricky. Something along the lines of failing to recognize that animal's lives can be just as valuable as human's, or at least very, very valuable, if not quite as much.

How intellectually lazy of you.

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Well, most people probably wouldn't.

Animals, or more appropriately 'pets' are possessions. Their value is based on the joy or companionship or use or whatever that a person gets from IT, rather than it being measured as an individual with rights, idea, possibilities, responsibilities etc.

Really, its an apples and oranges comparison.

Ah-huh. Ah-huh.

You didn't answer the question, unless calling something a possession really does diminsh its rights in your eyes (let me make it clear - this is a bit stupid). If it was legal and you were my slave, would your life be worth less than mine? Besides, there are animal rights, just not ones equivalent to human rights.

Let em ask again, what is the difference in the worth of human and animal life based on? It's not a hard question.

First, you should NEVER leave any dog alone with a child. Second, depending on the circumstances ie:kid pulling at the dog's tail and hitting dog; then either the dog would be put through remedial training or the kid and dog would be separated via baby gate until the child is old enough to understand that it's not a punching bag. If the dog snapped unprovoked a trip to the vet to check out the dog's health (just like when your nice old mom starts getting mean and snappy you take her to the doc for a check up). There is always a reason and with the proper precautions it shouldn't ever be an issue.

Yes, if you were my slave my life would have more value than yours.

Animal's don't have rights. There are capricious anti-cruelty laws for us, not for the animals. If animals had rights do you think we'd be eating them, wearing them?

I can only tell you again, that it's not a direct comparison - not even close.

The secret of fire.

Are you seriously going to avoid the question forever by asserting that there's no possible way in Katie-Land for a pet dog to bite a child of yours?

It is possible. If my dog were to bite my child unprovoked, I would not get rid of either. I would take the blame for not properly supervising their interaction and keep them separated from there on out. If it came to the point that my dog and child could never be together because of jealousy on the dogs part, the dog would have a dog run built that separated child and dog permanently. Dog would still be interacted with by my husband and I but the two (dog/child) would never be allowed to interact.

Inside the dog?