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>>Nicholas had an interesting interrogation. Do animals have rights?
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>>To that answer I'd answer NO. But still before coming to this interrogation we have to be confronted to a very weird (Sick, devious, depraved... could also be used <g>) situation.
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>Denis, I think I understand the point you are making. I myself believe that animals do have rights, not least of which a right to dignity and respect as a living entity and part and parcel of our environment and ecology. The worst part, as with child abuse (and I am not comparing or rating them against each other) is that the victim has no say in the act perpetrated against them.
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>>Will the goverment have to pass a law "You can't f*** with animals" ? Are we really there? I understand that laws should be adapted to the evolution of the society But in this case I can't believe that this is evolution.
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>This behaviour, as most of man's behaviour, has not changed over time. You think this is new? It is not new at all. What is new is the speed at which these events can be communicated around the world complete with amateur cell-phone photography and CNN sound bite.

I know that this has been going on for a long time. I interrogate myself if the propagation of THAT kind of information (on tv or internet or whatever) is a good or a bad thing.

Good thing : if it helps to find and stop that craziness.

Bad thing : I believe that a well balanced human being won't be affected by such things. Ok one could find this disgusting but that's it. I, for example will have forgotten about that particular mention in a week or so. But for someone that already has loose wires <g> this could be an additional weird thing to try.