[Blzbba]

"on what basis can you make such behavior illegal if not on the basis of your moral opposition to just plain animal cruelty? "


On the basis of the proven research that shows that people who display cruelty to animals are extremely likely to do the same to human beings. I.E., it's an early indicator of sociopathic behavior.

Mission not accomplished!

[asmith92008]

The same could be said for bed-wetters and those who suffered abuse as children. If factors as a propensity to being a sociopath are grounds for criminal behavior, those folks would have to be criminalized under your logic.

Come on, admit it. Fluffy is ap efectly wonderful animal and it is simply morally wrong to torture him. Society has the right, and I argue, the duty, to enforce its morals in such matters.

Looking more like mission accomplished.