Re: Animal rights

Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:29:19 -0500

"Mark D. Fulwiler" wrote:

> I have a friend who is trying to convince me that torturing cats should
> be legal ......snip..........
> At any rate, I pointed out to him that I don't give a damn
about what
> Miss Rand thinks about the "rights" of sadistic cat torturers, but if he
> had a good extralegal solution to the problem of cruelty to animals , I
> would entertain the idea. He doesn't think people should torture cats,
> only that it should be legally allowed.
>
> I have two cats, so I am a bit biased in favor of the critters.
>

Well, are your cats fixed? That seems to me to be (presupposing the animal rights argument) to be as torturous as female circumcision in humans....

Mike Lorrey