You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it
You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it
California could send a man to prison for 3.5 years for rescuing factory-farmed animals. Where does the movement go from here?
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The guy led a group that stole farm animals and Vox calls it a 'rescue'. I wonder why he went to prison
It is a rescue
The law says stealing livestock isn’t. So he was prosecuted for breaking those laws, not “exposing animal cruelty.”
Change "Farm animals" for "slaves" and you have your answer.
You don't steal individuals who are held against their will. You free them.
Crazy that this is getting downvoted. We are still so far off from even basic general empathy towards non-human animals it's making me cry...
Slaves are humans by definition. Every definition beings with
“A person who…”
Knowledge of definitions has nothing to do with empathy. It’s hard to take people seriously when they insist we don’t know the meanings of words.
The best definition I've seen of a "person" is "A being worthy of moral consideration." (a commonly used concept in moral philosophy). So yeah, that definition can be applied to a cow, unless you believe that no amount of suffering imposed on a cow for any or no reason could ever constitute an immoral act.
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