Bestiality Laws in the United States (Or in general)

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A person who is having sex with a dog is sick in the head. I'd worry if I had a neighbor like this!

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They may be sick in the head ,but how is it my business and why should they go to prison for it?

As long as the person owns the dog or cat in question I don't have problem with them doing anything they want to with their property. I have had this debate over Michael Vick several times. What he did was reprehensible but as far as I know he owned the dogs in question and as such they were his to do with as he pleased, in my opinion. No different than a US flag that I choose to burn....it is mine. I can do anything I dam well please with it.....

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They may be sick in the head ,but how is it my business and why should they go to prison for it?

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Regarding bestiality? Because it is essentially cruelty to animals. You think the animals enjoy being raped? There may be some validity to the notion that bestiality may be punished much more harshly than say killing the animal. Different states probably treat them in different ways.

Why is it your business? Hypothetically, let's say you have kids and this guy is your neighbor. Would it then become your business if he exposed himself to your children? Or something worse? I mean, that's not too much of a stretch for someone who is OK having sex with animals. Are you willing to trade that experience of your children's to justify your belief that the previous animal-related offenses weren't your business and therefore were fine being left unpunished?

If you knew your neighbor was a burglar who broke into people's houses in your neighborhood but he hadn't burglarized your house yet, are you cool with it because he hasn't done anything that affected you directly?

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that people should be punished for crimes they might commit in the future. I'm just giving you a reason to re-think your position that you shouldn't care and that it's "not your business."

I remember being involved in a thread where the OP asked if they should get involved in a situation that they were pretty sure involved a stolen car (not the OPs). He was asking advice and what other people would do. I was amazed by the amount of responses that equated to "not your problem. Don't do anything." One person said "I'm a libertarian, so I wouldn't get involved."

I believe my response was "you sound like a shitty libertarian neighbor."

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You said you didn't care if you had a neighbor like this, which is a separate issue than if a person doing this should go to jail or not. A person that exhibits behavior like this is messed up in the head and to me, he could be dangerous. I certainly wouldn't want him as a neighbor if I had kids! I don't understand such a complacent attitude about having such a whacko as your neighbor? This is a sick sex offender.

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Someone who exhibits this behavior has not been shown to be any more dangerous than the average person. I'm googgling bestiality sex offenders and I don't think I ran across a dangerous one yet. Also, you are labeling them as sex offenders, which means you believe its a criminal offense, so what do you believe the punishment should be.

*FYI public urination makes you a sex offender in the eyes of the law*
*There are also like 15 states include Virginia, Texas, and Ohio in which Zoophilia is perfectly legal*

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Regarding bestiality? Because it is essentially cruelty to animals

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:kige:

how in the hell do you have sex with a cat?

While both are reprehensible, I think that having sex with a cat is worse than beating a cat. After all—and I'm sure Revelator will agree—having sex with a cat can lead to things like homosexuality.

Re the comment that "it's my property & I can do anything I want to it". So,in this context, you feel it is perfectlyok..and legal...to put a cat in a microwave? Or set a puppy on fire? People like you are the reasons society needs laws to protect animals. And animal abuse is against the law.