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Why Is Bestiality Illegal?

In the UK bestiality is illegal for obvious reasons such as animal abuse and also because the act itself is repulisve, I myself think it is. But I do not think this justifies it being illegal.

Animals are abused by humans in many different ways as well, such as chickens being battery farmed, living in cramped conditions serving an existence to merely be our food. We destroy their habitats around the world, kill intelligent animals such as dolphins for meat, use them in dangerous medical tests.
Animals are also abused in cosmetic testing, something which has no real benefit for society except to make girls think they are pretty and feel better. Think of the number of animals who have subjected to this kind of torture.

So with all the abuse that humans do to animals for our so called "benefit" then what is so wrong with a few individuals practising bestiality. After all our treatment of animals shows we regard them as lower life forms so whats so wrong about using a lower life form for our benefit in this situation?

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Most people are far too dumb to have a logical system of morality, and just base morality on their personal likes/dislikes. So they say the meat industry is not immoral because they like meat, but that bestiality is because they don't like it. Really any sensible conclusion (such as the one in the OP) find that either the case that both are not immoral, or both are immoral.
it could be something to do with the sex part of it, as it's quite a touchy subject..

also things like makeup testing cover more people's needs than ******* an animal (it's still horrible though)
Why did you post the same thread twice OP?! I saw this thread last week I think.
Reply 4
Original post by CoffeeStinks
Why did you post the same thread twice OP?! I saw this thread last week I think.


That was on necrophilia.:tongue:
Reply 5
People don't want baby bigfoots to exist, and because people don't find the thought of people having sex with an animal pleasant.
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Original post by Unknown?
That was on necrophilia.:tongue:


Oooh my bad. :colondollar:
Reply 7
Isn't it more dangerous for a human to screw a horse, for example, than it is to drip shampoo into a rabbit's eye? I've always thought that laws about bestiality were more to protect humans from getting STDs (?!) or being kicked or bitten to death rather than to protect animal welfare.
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Reply 8
Original post by No Man
People don't want baby bigfoots to exist, and because people don't find the thought of people having sex with an animal pleasant.


1) You can't get an animal pregnant, humans and animals are incompatible.
2) I along with many people find scat porn unpleasent, that doesn't mean it should be illegal.
Ooh, this should be a laugh... :cookie:
If an animal could consent to sex (a chimp that knows sign language, possibly - there are such animals) then it might be morally acceptable(ish). Otherwise, it's animal rape.
Reply 11
Original post by Sendaii
1) You can't get an animal pregnant, humans and animals are incompatible.
2) I along with many people find scat porn unpleasent, that doesn't mean it should be illegal.


I thought we were genetically similar enough to get a chimpanzee pregnant, if someone was crazy enough...

Anyway, I've said enough. :shot:
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Reply 12
Original post by Great Lord Xenu
If an animal could consent to sex (a chimp that knows sign language, possibly - there are such animals) then it might be morally acceptable(ish). Otherwise, it's animal rape.


Animals rape other animals in nature.
Reply 13
killing animals for meat provides food, hence it's not immoral. this is, though.
It's probably because our laws were so heavily influenced by Christian values and in the Bible bestiality is a sin. (What isn't? :rolleyes:)
Reply 15
Original post by qasman
killing animals for meat provides food, hence it's not immoral. this is, though.


We don't need meat to survive though.
An animal cannot consent. So it's animal rape.

Edit: about animals raping animals - maybe so. but then again if you ate a cat with your bare teeth, that would be illegal but it happens in nature.
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Even if it was legalised, Pokémon aren't real, OP.
Reply 18
Original post by Unknown?
We don't need meat to survive though.


it's an important part of our diet, people don't seem to mind lions killing gazelles and eating them because it's 'nature', when we eat meat for the same reason; we've been doing it ever since we could hunt... we're omnivores, NOT herbivores. i don't care if someone's vegetarian, but i hate those people who call eating meat immoral or disgusting like they're on some moral high ground... why are we the only animals who shouldn't eat meat??
What is it with these threads such as "is rape wrong" "why is bestiality illegal.

Is this the kind of sewer minds that liberals have ?

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