Singer's latest

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Tue Apr 3 16:35:43 PDT 2001


Actually you've not got it Justin. It is the unequal relationship. Singer does condone parents being legally able to kill their disabled offspring. That is an unequal relationship where the infant has no say. Here, the question of consent is equally disturbing. Animals do not have an equal relationship when it comes to human sexual aggression imposed upon them. What are they going to do, take it to court? If anything, I am for the underdog (pun intended) - that's consistent. Marta

Justin Schwartz wrote:
>
> In his early days, Lyndon Johnson is supposed to have directed his campaign
> manager to call an opposing candidate a "pigfucker." "But Lyndon," said the
> campaign manager. "That ain't true." "Ah know, and you know," said the
> candidate, "But we'll make the sonofabitch _deny_ it."
>
> Marta's anti-Singer tactics here are redolent of similar approaches. I don't
> think she cares about the "consent" of animals, she just wants to evoke the
> gut disgust involved in an accusation of bestiality; and less because she
> cares about animals, than because she has it for Singer, because she thinks
> he has it in for the disabled. It's not exactly lofty argument.
>
> Sorry, Marta: I usually think your your work is excellent. I can even
> respect your reading of Singer, although I think it wrong. But this is
> cheap. --jks
>
> >
> >
> >Doug Henwood wrote:
> > >
> > > Kelley Walker wrote:
> > >
> > > >At 05:54 PM 4/2/01 -0800, Marta Russell forwarded:
> > > >
> > > >><http://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/>.
> > > >
> > > >hey, it might actually be worthwhile to read the article since it
> > > >really doesn't say much that is terribly absurd and it certainly
> > > >doesn't do what this idiotic press release suggests.
> > >
> > > Thanks for pointing that out. I'd wondered if the press release was a
> > > joke, but it didn't have an April 1 date on it.
> > >
> > > Doug
> >
> >No joke. The press release was an announcement of the de-throning of
> >Singer from his position at that particular animal group organization.
> >Sheep, afterall, can't and don't give consent to humans to use them
> >for sexual pleasure --
> >so are you saying you condone having sex with animals? That would
> >certainly give a new slant on farming.
> >Marta
>



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