Re: Extropians and animal rights

Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:12:22 -0000

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Donaghe <tdonaghe@yahoo.com>
>Are there any other "rights?" If I can own an animal, then I can
>treat it as I wish. If you (or government or whatever) decides that I
>can only treat my property (an animal in this case) in certain ways,
>then I don't truly OWN it. I'm just borrowing it from the government
>which is nice enough to let me use it for certain pre-approved
>functions...

So you would be allowed to torture cows if you owned them? (Not that I'm saying that _you_ would want to, but in principle).

Samael