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To: LambSlave

Weeds, mice, flies, and bees do not depend on us for water, food, or shelter. If you cannot understand the distinction, then you’re not talking nonsense, you’re talking cretin.


21 posted on 09/28/2016 5:07:39 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

I don’t feed or water feral kittens or wild dogs, but if I put them in a bag and toss them in a pond I am still likely (depending on the locale) to face criminal charges. In the eyes of the law, it is simply that one (dogs and cats) is a protected class that has rights, one is not. If I kill a rattlesnake in my lawn that is threatening my dog, it is in fact a criminal act in many jurisdictions. Rattlesnakes do not depend on me for food and water, but they have rights under the law because of their protected status. Likewise if I kill a chicken-hawk attacking my chickens. Once you introduce the ridiculous notion that some animals have rights, there will be no end to it, mark my words. Exactly like “protected” classes of people under civil rights law. Progressives are nuts and they will eventually say that keeping pets is slavery and try to outlaw it (they have actually already proposed this). Ultimately the farmer and rancher will be the ones to suffer the most— those who simply want to live a rural, independent lifestyle with no interference from the government in their daily lives.


24 posted on 09/28/2016 5:43:09 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: 1rudeboy

More and more often, this places utterly amazes me.

:-\


34 posted on 09/28/2016 9:45:10 PM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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