Because we find somethings distasteful is not justification enough for us to deem them criminal.
MobyIntellectually, human beings and animals may be different, but it's pretty obvious that animals have a rich emotional life and that they feel joy and pain. It's easy to forget the connection between a hamburger and the cow it came from. But I forced myself to acknowledge the fact that every time I ate a hamburger, a cow had ceased to breathe
MobyIt will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul.
Moby