damnnoob wrote:
Well let's agree on one thing, both killing people and animals for fun/pleasure whatever is plain evil, gross and will be pursued by LEAs in almost all countries.
So to the question or more the theory that depictions of dead or dying humans are making less of a commotion then animal crush.
( First, let's not call it crush but what it was named in the first place, that was "squish". Though it sounds pretty smart-ass that's what it was called back in the 80ies when the first of those movies came up from Germany and UK. )
Okay, now we all remember those hideous depictions of people being decapitated, cut by the throat or mutilated from war footage out of chechnya, iraq and saudi arabias "law-enforcement" habits. The "yeeeeees moooooore *wank*" comments on these gruesome pictures didn't disturb anyone or only few people while seeing a animal being killed in a similarly cruel way seriously upsets most people even in such a board as this where very most of the users are completely dull against any form of human pain, humiliation or even mutilation be it consent or not.
While there's quite a versatility of psychological mechanisms responsible for this it's going beyond the scope of this forum to explain all of them. Let me ensure you that neither of them is healthy but most are considered sociopathic.
BECAUSE while killing or torturing animals is considered to be inhuman only since peta and similar organisations have brought that to our minds KILLING humans is considered to be not okay in most parts of the world since forever.
( Okay I know there are exceptions for both arguments but that's generally the truth so don't bicker about that please ).
I mean it's not that the high tide of squish movies was in the last few years when it's been some kind of a public topic. The real squish stuff, Dogs, Cats tortured to death slowly, riding horses till they can't move anymore and watching them die while being stabbed with pitchfirks over hours was published on vhs in the late 80ies and early 90ies. That was considered perverse but it wasn't that much of a topic though everybody knew that this stuff was around the corner ( AND it wasn't a crime, what it is today ).
The point that I want to make is that considering animals to be more "human" than humans or at least having a greater worth is a very new and unhealthy thing.
Reviving the dead threads, are we? How much a coincidence that is.
Anyway, I'll put my expressions about this here.
First and foremost, any rules made on the board are about Community protection, secondly board protection. They are about making sure members of the community do not get in trouble with Law Enforcement Authorities (that was the LEA in your post, most would probably fail to interpret that properly). Secondly, about making sure the board itself doesn't get in trouble too.
Forget about challenging the states and sovereign nations that decide our legislation and laws, forget about challenging the laws themselves, forget about challenging the ideas behind the laws; we're not in a position to decide or change any of them, as there is no power we have, or in the near future accumulate to revolt against them.
This board has masters, and it's the governments of whatever states decide to enforce their laws here. The board answers to those first, us second.
That's the way it has to be. Anyone disagreeing with this is a radical fundamentalist, and is testing the fate of the board's place to exist.
I can summarize with ease that this board has NO power that is equal or greater than the laws that can be enforced against it. So it's not an issue that can even be raised, or debated. There is no potential for change in the matter, and there was no choice to begin with. We are subservient. Tolerate it.