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29 Post author: Raemon 24 December 2010 04:57AM

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Comment author: Vaniver 26 December 2010 10:16:03AM *  1 point [-]

Semi-related: an interesting argument for legalizing bestiality is that what the zoophile does to their animals in their home is done in the agribusiness industry but on scales orders of magnitude larger (and the goal is to get a buck, not get off). When you frame the issue of "should the person down the street be able to rape their dog?" in the context of "should the farm down the street be able to rape hundreds of cows routinely?" things look somewhat different.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 December 2010 05:07:23PM 1 point [-]

I actually made this exact argument recently (I am currently in a production of Albee's The Goat, so zoophilia is coming up rather more frequently in my conversation than it typically does), and it was officially declared the most appalling thing I'd said in recent memory.

I managed to suppress the urge to reply "Moving on to child sacrifice..."