I think that’d make more sense if we’re considering the actual, underlying topic under debate but they were responding to gramie’s comment which didn’t challenge their assertion that the cows were hurt but just went (more or less): “counterpoint: ice cream is yum yum”.
In that context, going “sex is pleasurable, too, but rape is still wrong” isn’t terribly out of left field, to me.
gramie’s comment which didn’t challenge their assertion that the cows were hurt but just went (more or less)
I edited my earlier comment too late: it wasn’t effectively asserted either.
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There’s also the matter that the comment they were responding to wasn’t arguing about morality, since it wasn’t clear the top comment was stating a moral position, either.
The top comment merely referred to milk as “crazy” (due to lactose intolerance) & “stealing from cows”, which come across as hyperbole for unnecessary when the cows presumably don’t care & lack any concept of property rights.
That’s where unexpected moralization with rape analogy raised the charm of lemmy as
I think that’d make more sense if we’re considering the actual, underlying topic under debate but they were responding to
gramie’s comment which didn’t challenge their assertion that the cows were hurt but just went (more or less): “counterpoint: ice cream is yum yum”.In that context, going “sex is pleasurable, too, but rape is still wrong” isn’t terribly out of left field, to me.
But I get what you mean, for sure.
I edited my earlier comment too late: it wasn’t effectively asserted either.
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Haha; I hate when that happens.
Mmm; that’s a really good point. I could definitely buy that; fair.