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by lupire 1460 days ago
Dogs and cows barely have rights. It will be a century before a computer program has rights.
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Dogs and cows cannot ask in their own words to be represented by a lawyer, to file a lawsuit.

Or claim to be one or another type of person that we must affirm.

I don't know how it might apply, but inanimate objects can be charged in the case of civil forfeiture, can't they?