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Originally Posted by ManxMouse
Oh my, so demanding. Well, my point is that this is just one more industry that deals with animals, and it's really not much different from the others.
Yes, this was my point. None of these things are affirmatively "good" from any ethically based point of view.
As for the others being (or not being) moral/ethical, well, that's for each person to decide for him/herself.
Well, many would say that it's for society to judge rather than a random individual's moral compass....that's why we have laws, civil actions, regulations, etc. Even the Supreme Court judges what is cruel and unusual by evolving standards of decency, reflected in trends emerging in the law. People are beginning to wake up to the cruelty inherent in many activities involving animals, and to say it's just up to each person to judge is overly simplistic and shallow.
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I never said any of those things were "good" -I said that horse racing is similar to other animal industries. Sure, it could be regulated more. Greysfang made a good argument for that. Anything feasible that reduces risk & suffering for animals sounds like a good idea to me.
As for the rest, you're now getting into societal law which is not synonymous with ethics & morals. (It was ethics & morals that you mentioned in your first post to which I responded.) Philosophers have been discussing & debating ethics for centuries, a topic very much open to interpretation & perspective by all sorts of random individuals. I suppose that people have attempted to infuse ethics & morality into lawmaking over the years, more or less successfully, but again, it's a variable concept. But I sure wouldn't attempt to use the Supreme Court as a persuasive illustration of ethics.
Shallow & simplistic? No, I don't think so. Each person, random or otherwise, is entitled to construct their own ethical & moral code. It is up to each individual to judge. If you want to talk about law, then sure, individuals don't single-handedly make, enact & enforce laws. That's something else altogether.