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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

One of these “rules” is that needlessly inflicting pain on intelligent animals is wrong.

that is not universal

who gets to define need

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Obviously the observer decides for themselves what they think is needed. I didn't think it would be controversial to observe that people tend to dislike/have an aversion to hurting intelligent animals for no reason.

Not everyone necessarily feels this, but many people do. Enough for us as a society to largely ban/shun things like dog fights, bull fights, circus animals, animal torture videos, etc