Someone posted a video on CathInfo yesterday that I found to be quite inappropriate for Catholics.

I can learn about "excrement" without plunging my head into a huge pile of it, making sure lots of it gets into my mouth and nose!

There is a better way to spread the word about evils in this world that we Catholics should be fighting, which maintains discretion, modesty, and decorum -- one that is Catholic-friendly.

(The video in question) was trying to be shocking and sensational -- and it was vulgar, gross, and very worldly. In fact, I would even say it was trying to be shocking TO worldly people! Which takes some doing, I might add. So the resulting video will be quite inappropriate, and that is why I must say: any such videos are not welcome on CathInfo.


If that means you can't lazily cut & paste a video link into a CathInfo post, but instead you have to write up some text which disseminates the important information WHILST MAINTANING CATHOLIC MORALITY AND DECORUM, and meanwhile the consumers of said text have to READ instead of passively watching a video, then so be it.

Both sides have to do an ounce of work? So be it. But throwing Catholic morality and decorum to the wind CANNOT BE the answer. But I'll say this: if you REALLY care about how cows are treated, or how evil prostitution is, or whatever, you WILL take the 15 minutes to write up some text or come up with a censored version. You can't claim to be a fervent, glorious truth warrior if all you're going to do is cut & paste. Anyone can do that! That takes no effort or commitment.

Long story short: Catholics have a principle of morality that THE ENDS DO NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS. It doesn't matter how evil the thing you are fighting; you can't adopt sinful means to bring about some good.

Matthew - Sodomizing(with ones arm or an electronic device familiar to modern sex culture operated by humans) male and female cows in order to stimulate and artificially inseminate to perpetuate the profiteering dairy industry is immoral to what ought to be regarded as a high degree.  Only a jesuit would defend artificial insemination.  

denzinger 1124 - "various moral errors"(of the jesuits) - "voluptuousness, sodomy, and bestiality are sins of the same ultimate species, and so it is enough to say in confession that on has procured a pollution."  Condemned by pope alexander VII.

In the old testament, such that were involved in such an act were put to death, along with the animal.  Just because the human in this case(rampant artificial insemination of animals) does not personally procure a pollution does not mean the sin is not or should not be there.  A man cannot do that with another man without escaping the guilt of sin.  

Why differentiate now?  

PG,  the "sodomizing" you saw in the video was not always to artificially inseminate..  since this is particularly importanr to you, you must learn to distinguish.
I own cows.  Once they are pregnant, done by a real bull naturally, it is important the determine the approximate due date of the calf.  
Some of what was in the video was just that, checking pregnancy to evaluate due dates.  It was actually no different than what medical doctors do to pregnant women, except a cow is much larger and therefore an entire arm is sometimes needed.  Consider how large a calf is when it is born: 75 to 100 lbs....
If I recall correctly, the video showed only two instances of artificial insemination.  

Do you believe artificial insemination is wrong?

Artificial insemination of humans is wrong.  Animals are not humans.  There is no obligation on them to practice the principles of sɛҳuąƖ morality binding on people.  Animals have sex without marriage, are not required to be monogamous, and do not sin if they sɛҳuąƖly stimulate themselves.  

I have not heard of any Catholic teaching against artificial insemination of animals and cannot imagine what basis there could be for such a teaching within the principles of Catholic moral theology.

Agreed.  We can't make an analogy between human artificial insemination and that of animals.  Now, it is wrong to be unnecessarily cruel to animals ... even in the interests of increasing the bottom line, but questions of sɛҳuąƖ morality are limited to human beings.  Now, there would be a degree to which it would be wrong to force animals to do something directly contrary to nature (e.g. force ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ behavior) ... just because it's a violation of nature, and not because there's any moral dimension to the animals involved.

Yes.
Practicing AI on animals leads the way to AI  on humans.

How?

Agreed.  We can't make an analogy between human artificial insemination and that of animals.  Now, it is wrong to be unnecessarily cruel to animals ... even in the interests of increasing the bottom line, but questions of sɛҳuąƖ morality are limited to human beings.  Now, there would be a degree to which it would be wrong to force animals to do something directly contrary to nature (e.g. force ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ behavior) ... just because it's a violation of nature, and not because there's any moral dimension to the animals involved.

Did you watch the video?  It sounds like what is in bold is applicable to the practice of stimulating the male bulls rear end.  

God does not give humans the right to use machines to stimulate animals.

You really need to break this habit of stating all your opinions as if they are pronouncements from God.

You really need to break this habit of stating all your opinions as if they are pronouncements from God.

God was angry at the israelites for digging water wells.  dekoning figures he is probably safe.