Comments on: Sunday Bestiality Blogging http://virtualstoa.net/2004/05/30/108590947359782830/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:08:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mookrit http://virtualstoa.net/2004/05/30/108590947359782830/#comment-15947 mookrit Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:15:00 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/?p=929#comment-15947 The interesting thing is that bestiality is legal in Sweden. While it was illegal the practice existed under subterfuge and the number of reported cases was low. Legalising it has made those who abuse animals for kicks more bold and easily identifiable by the society at large. Naturally, some abusers told their friends. Word got around. The shaming could then begin. Here I see an important role for animal rights activists and private sleuths (who, driven as they are by moral righteousness, are far more passionate than your average government bureaucrat given the responsibility for carrying out laws). The rage of animal rights activists makes it unlikely a legal public industry centred around the prostitution of animals would ever succeed. Still, given that I do not think animals have rights, and given that I have vowed to consistently defend minority rights, I must acknowledge the individual abuser probably gains utility from the experience. I am not one to favour the rule of majority over individuals who happen to differ, and I am not about to start because some people (mistakenly) think animals have rights, in any meaningful sense. The interesting thing is that bestiality is legal in Sweden. While it was illegal the practice existed under subterfuge and the number of reported cases was low. Legalising it has made those who abuse animals for kicks more bold and easily identifiable by the society at large. Naturally, some abusers told their friends. Word got around. The shaming could then begin.

Here I see an important role for animal rights activists and private sleuths (who, driven as they are by moral righteousness, are far more passionate than your average government bureaucrat given the responsibility for carrying out laws). The rage of animal rights activists makes it unlikely a legal public industry centred around the prostitution of animals would ever succeed. Still, given that I do not think animals have rights, and given that I have vowed to consistently defend minority rights, I must acknowledge the individual abuser probably gains utility from the experience. I am not one to favour the rule of majority over individuals who happen to differ, and I am not about to start because some people (mistakenly) think animals have rights, in any meaningful sense.

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