Once, animals could be tried, punished for "crimes" by some of our more moronic ancestors. Likely rationalized as "honoring" them.
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I've heard hunters make similar bullshit arguments about "honoring" their kill by hunting them.
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To be blunt: if you hurt or kill animals in any way intentionally (other than for food in most painless way feasible) you're a sociopath
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he was ugly, sow gave birth to piglet that looked like him, both Spencer and sow condemned for fornicating
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fairly sure you'll find it in every culture very early. Cross species empathy is found even in other mammals
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concept of special empathy for "pets" is probably recent (Victorian I'd guess). But general animal empathy is very old
Not all gods. <-- Only those raised Hindu are allowed to make this joke.
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pets. Sociopathy is as old as empathy. But I learned recently that most dog breeds appeared in the last 150-200 years
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