Well... you could make the argument that someone chooses to be a drug mule, but a dog doesn't.
Of course... we all know that poverty is itself a form of coercion, so there's a sense in which someone *doesn't* choose to be a drug mule... but hoestly, that argument gets us to places that involve people having no responsibility for who they are.
So, although I care more about humans (in general) than animals (although I would save a jellyfish before saving Dick Cheney) there is a case to be made that there is something MORE unconscionable about using an animal to smuggle drugs than a human.
Well... you could make the argument that someone chooses to be a drug mule, but a dog doesn't.
ReplyDeleteOf course... we all know that poverty is itself a form of coercion, so there's a sense in which someone *doesn't* choose to be a drug mule... but hoestly, that argument gets us to places that involve people having no responsibility for who they are.
So, although I care more about humans (in general) than animals (although I would save a jellyfish before saving Dick Cheney) there is a case to be made that there is something MORE unconscionable about using an animal to smuggle drugs than a human.