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Replying to @RichardHanania

I'm against legalizing bestiality because the animal consent problem hasn't been solved, but probably actually will be quite soon thanks to Al (at least for the higher animals with complex languages). So why not wait a few more years. I don't see disgust as a good reason. It was an evolutionary adaptation of the agricultural era against the spread of zoonotic illnesses, but technology will soon make that entirely irrelevant as well.

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[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

i like how he sees the "consent problem" as just a communication thing. "if they could speak, they would be saying yes"

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

perhaps he’s not hoping for “animals able to enthusiastically consent” but is in fact hoping for “animals amenable to participating in the free market and the world’s oldest profession”

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I don't see disgust as a good reason" shows he hasn't considered reasons why a chihuahua would dissent

Looking forward to when the grizzly bear grunts in his direction and he has to decide which reaction is the clear non consent one.

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