It's nice to see some people here starting to get it, except those that don't...
[...] Humans simply possess a pet in the same fashion as you possess a child [...] |
That's what I am against. Every human child (or mental patient, etc) is a
potential rational economic actor whose rights to Liberty and Property are deferred to someone else, but who nonetheless has the right to Life and Emancipation. Animals are natural resources that cannot possibly own themselves, they simply lack the neurological infrastructure to think on a level that is compatible with the rest of the civilized universe.
Furthermore, if we take Libman's thesis to its end, then all consumption of plant and animal sources is equally illogical; so why not just abandon living altogether then? [...] |
Huh? Where did that come from? Are you trying to win a stupidity contest here?
People are of course free to do whatever they wish with their own property (be it plant, animal, or otherwise). Very few people have the same delusions about plants that most people have about animals. There will inevitably be some degenerate idiots who would talk about "plant rights", just as there will always be thieves, rapists, and murderers. Those retards need to be defended against.
[...] Is it still inhumane for them to keep him as a pet? |
The word "inhumane" is a meaningless appeal to emotions; what we are talking about here are objective economic laws (i.e. right to own animals as property) as well as rational moral positions (i.e. ostracizing the pet nuts). The immorality of keeping an animal is addressed throughout this thread. Animals are a very inefficient food-source, raising food prices while some humans starve. Wild animals are pests that can spread disease or otherwise damage your property. And pets are an emotional virus that inevitably takes affection away from other humans, leading to smaller and weaker human families as the result.
Since humans are already thousands of times more productive than animals at acquiring food on this planet, and that advantage becomes infinite as we venture into space - there is no limit to how many pets we can produce. Animals will breed as much or as little as we allow them. We could fill the known universe with cute little puppy and kitty filled space-stations if we wanted it. In case you missed the memo - man has conquered this planet. An animal has no value in of itself, it's human beings that assign it value.
Animals are automatons created by natural selection, no different from rocks that are a product of chemical and planetary evolution. What necessitates the recognition of Human Rights is the value that that rule-set brings to Civilization.