If it’s acceptable for humans to exploit other animals for food, clothing, labor, entertainment or experiments because we’re more intelligent than them, would it be equally acceptable for a superintelligent alien race with 10x the mental capacity as humans to do the same to us?
no one is raping farm animals.
How do you think we get cows to lactate for milk? How about making them reproduce as fast as possible?
artificial insemination.
Shoving your arm up a cow’s vagina because you like the feeling: beastiality/illegal
Shoving your arm up a cow’s vagina to squirt some bull semen in so that you can feast on the eventual child because you like the taste: totally cool and legal
Someone help me make this make sense.
“Feast on the eventual child!”
I eat meat, but I try to lower my intake and make the right choices as to it’s origins, as I detest the horrible practices that happen. But man, these over the top descriptions just to create an emotional reaction are so ridiculous. They’re no different from the anti abortion crowd yelling baby murder. If you have to resort to these sorts of arguments, you’re really doing yourself and what you stand for a disservice.
Lastly, to answer your question, it’s the same reason there’s a difference between murder and involuntary manslaughter. Intent is a very important factor when we judge someone’s actions.