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Genuinely curious - are sheep kept for their wool also slaves in your opinion?

• voakbasda 3mo ago
  There is a ballot measure this Fall in Oregon that would ban pet and livestock ownership in the state. The backers got over 100,000 people to sign the petition. There are people that either simply do not understand the natural order that the majority of humans want to eat meat and keep pets, or they do not care about other people enough to respect their lifestyle choices.
  • dguest 3mo ago
    Citation: - https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,_and_Intentional_Injury_to_Animals_Initiative_(2026) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,... - https://www.yesonip28.org/ https://www.yesonip28.org/
• aa-jv 3mo ago
  Yes, for sure. Any animal kept from its natural environment and harvested for its material resources is a slave. Doesn't matter if humans thing they're cute, tasty, or necessary. We literally enslave other living beings in order to feel good about ourselves. Pets are emotional slaves. People keep them because of the emotional value they provide to their lifestyles.
  • Guthwine 3mo ago
    In the past, though, dogs (domesticated wolves, however you want to look at it) were more akin to 'hunting partners', wouldn't you say? But for you the line is crossed when we start keeping them in kennels/breeding them, I guess?
    • aa-jv 3mo ago
      No, actually the line is crossed when people who keep slaves are dishonest about it.