Are we our own worst enemy?

[heavyhorse]

20 hours ago, caikgoch said:




And "consent" is 100%, beyond a shadow of a doubt, absolutely a red herring.     If an animal is property, consent doesn't exist (and it doesn't for any other aspect of the animal's life).      If consent is required for any aspect of the animal's life, it is required for all (where will that lead?).

Clearly this is absolutely so.  Consent for sex is an issue?  And no consent is needed to kill 150 millions of animals every day, dehorned and de-nutted without anesthesia, forced bred, anal electroshock, tails docked and ears cut, surgical practice and cosmetic testing, assassinated (er, "euthanized") by rescues and "humane" groups, and so on ad infinitum?  Clearly "consent" is nothing but an artificial claim to create an ethics argument.