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Why is it absurd?
they cannot be informed any more than a door can.
So its okay to SA humans that cant be informed any more than a door can?
no. it's reasonable to discuss consent from humans, since humans can be informed. if the circumstances preclude them from being informed, that doesn't change whether consent should still be required.
You just said a bunch of words without answering what makes it wrong to SA a human that can't be informed vs a cow that cant be informed.
The answer is there is none, other than speciesist bs. The answer is they suffer. They suffer just as much as some humans. They have just as much ability to consent as some humans(which is none) yet you consider them the same as you would consider a fucking door.
They are not a door. Again they can suffer and doors CANNOT suffer. They are sentient and have desires like not getting SA or not dying or on and on, where as a door is not sentient and does not have desires.
The whole idea behind consent is to not go against someone's desires (If they do not consent) and to go with someone's desires (if they do consent). Just because cows can't communicate consent doesn't mean they don't have those desires that are at the root of why were even have consent in the first place.
Here are some facts about cows and how smart they are. Please read up on them before comparing them to a door again. https://vegfaqs.com/how-intelligent-is-a-cow/
it takes a great deal of intellectual dishonesty to pretend I haven't given a sufficient explanation.