• dx1@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Don’t confuse you not being able to obtain consent from them, with them having an inability to not want something. Doors are not sentient, cows are. This speaks to you having no clue what’s going on in their heads.

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      11 months ago

      sentence and consent are unrelated. One has nothing to do with the other.

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        11 months ago

        An animal can indicate things to a human, i.e., “I want food”, “please scratch me”, or “where is my baby that you just took away”. They can’t sign their name on a legally binding contract but that doesn’t mean they’re incapable of wanting or not wanting something.

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          11 months ago

          none of this means the consent is a relevant topics for any species except humans.