17 pointsby breve5 hours ago4 comments

vannevar3 hours ago
You can certainly make a better case for the sentience of fish than for an abstract legal fiction like a corporation.
mmmlinuxan hour ago
so are cops going to be following people who buy every beta fish ever out of the parking lot to write a ticket?
SilverElfin2 hours ago
Why wouldn’t this apply to every animal then? Shouldn’t the courts order all the cow farms in Argentina to shut down?
- roryirvinean hour ago
  Certainly for vertebrates - hence animal cruelty & humane slaughter laws, etc.
  Recognition of invertebrate sentience, particularly crustaceans and molluscs, is increasingly accepted, but not yet reflected in their legal status in many countries (only since 2022 in the UK, which is usually one of the most animal-friendly nations, for example)
- culopatin2 hours ago
  Well someone has to sue first no? The courts don’t go out telling people what to do. They react to claims.
onetokeoverthe4 hours ago
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