Monday, November 27, 2006

Meat or sex toy?

The Smoking Gun brings us this charming story. (I understand that folks who like having sex with the Thanksgiving turkey are keeping a close eye on the case.)

A Wisconsin man who argued that he could not be prosecuted for having sex with a deer because the animal was dead at the time, was dealt a legal setback today when a judge rejected a motion seeking dismissal of a criminal charge against him.

Talk about being into venison! I'll bet that Hathaway's family and significant other (if he has one that isn't a dead ruminant) are being teased mercilessly and smarting bigtime. Disgusting, deviant and repulsive? For sure. Criminal? I'm not certain. Mr. Hathaway couldn't seek the deer's consent and the animal wasn't hurt by the act. Is it worse to have sex with a dead deer or to eat it? The deer's family likely couldn't care less.

I was kind of amused by the section of the document that asks:

At what point of the deterioration of the carcass is it no longer an animal? Does it qualify when it's just skin or bones?

Oh, in case you're wondering, I'm not about to adopt the decriminalization of sex with dead animals as my current cause celebre.

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