Marta
Kelley Walker wrote:
> >Marta
>
> well, there's an article to read. it does not, in fact, condone sex with
> animals. rather, he uses the issue to criticize something peculiar to the
> western tradition: imagining ourselves as somewhere between gods and
> animals. furthermore, he points out that it all depends on what you call
> sex. if you aren't of the mind that sex is strictly procreative and,
> further, you aren't of the mind that only some kinds of sex are sex (unlike
> former PenisOne and teens who think having anal sex doesn't affect your
> status as a virgin), then riding a horse is a form of sex, as is allowing a
> dog to hump your leg! then he mentions the ape that approached a woman for
> sex. he also points out that men have sex with chickens, which is usely
> deadly for the chickens and definitely so when they chop off their heads to
> increase the strength of the anal spasms in the chicken. he then compares
> that practice to penning the chicken so that it cannot move and keeping it
> their til butcher time. both,he says are cruel. the sex/head chopping act
> is no more cruel that penning it up. his point is not to condone sex with
> animals. he says that noting that we do it and that it appears that apes
> and perhaps other animals give consent or exercise some form of agency does
> not mean that it is right or natural. rather, he says that it means that we
> can no longer justify the view that it (sex with animals) ceases to be an
> offence to our status and dignity as human beings. iow, maybe there are
> other ways to speak of human dignity without entailing that it be built on
> the ways we've done so thus far.
>
> i really don't give a bat's eyelash about the issue. but i do find it
> annoying that the press release is a lie. and a big one.
>
> kelley
-- Marta Russell author, Los Angeles, CA http://disweb.org/ Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract http://www.commoncouragepress.com/russell_ramps.html