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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Not really. You comes off more as an extremely ill informed, illogical person. I mean seriously... animals giving consent? To who Dr. Doolittle?
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While I appreciate the comments about being ill informed and illogical, that doesn't really do anything to advance any kind of logical argument about the origins of consent.
You do realize that consent can be non-verbal right? There are people in the world who would argue that an animal CAN give consent by not running away or fighting somebody who is trying to fuck them. I think this argument is absurd, but all it would take is a few of the wrong judges to make up a court (9th Circuit?) and before you know it, people are marching through the streets demanding the legal right to marry Fido.
Look at how homosexuality was looked at a few decades ago. It was looked at as immoral, nasty, and a deviant act, much like pedophilia and bestiality are looked at today. Times change and attitudes change, and not always for the better.
Can a minor child give consent? Legally right now, no. But there are some groups of people in the world that claim that a child can give consent by making a verbal statement. While the current state of the law goes against this view, the law can change.