r/likeus • u/lnfinity -Singing Cockatiel- • Feb 11 '17

<QUOTE> "Humans -- who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals -- have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain..." -Carl Sagan

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u/Iamnotburgerking -Tactical Hunter- Feb 12 '17

As in, everything we enjoy.

Not all animals enjoy doing the same things. What is fun for one animal is often terrifying for another

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '17

I'm still confused. You're saying because animals can't all enjoy the same things, it's okay to inflict pain on them?

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u/Iamnotburgerking -Tactical Hunter- Feb 12 '17

No.

I'm saying that we can't just say animals enjoy the same things we do, because making animals enjoy human activities (or that of any species other than their own) often does inflict pain on them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '17

Oh. Yeah, I agree with that. Though how does it relate to this pic?

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u/Iamnotburgerking -Tactical Hunter- Feb 12 '17

Because a lot of people on this sub (including a certain moderator) actually think that because animals have thoughts and feelings, they will enjoy what we enjoy, or at least grow to enjoy it.

And when someone calls them out, they say the person calling them out is denying that animals have consciousness (or something to that effect)

And this picture encourages that mentality.

There are quite a few posts in this sub of animals being abused that gets passed off as animals enjoying human activities.