I have never before touched a horse. Don't you get it? A vital part of my existence, robbed from me by others. I never had a chance. Given my own circumstances, you statistically have a much greater likelihood of touching a deer than I do a horse. I am imprisoned by a society that wants to see me fail. They don't wish to allow me to be near horses. And this is evidenced by the fact that nobody cares. You can say it all you want, but it doesn't mean that anyone does. I just want a chance at happiness, however temporary it may be. This is not my fault. Why am I being forced into living this life of misery?

Ayyyyy someone gets it

"shitty" is a concept constructed by the same animal species, unless you actually believe humans are composed of excrement.

So you kinda just defeated your own point. Bizzare, I know, but it's what you did.

I still maintain ethics have their place. They are relative however. Perhaps that is what you are getting at.

Morals are arbitrary constructs (in some capacities and not in others), but ethics are not. Ethics are often reasoned systems, systems of 'right conduct', which may have significant amounts of research invested in them and generally are formed with the intent of benefiting, or preventing harm or suffering to, all involved parties. Ethics applies to such concepts as right and wrong, but also justice and crime. It is common for a company, corporation, or even small practice to have their own code of ethics, tailored to their profession or work. Ethics aren't something one must agree with to follow, as you can imagine. It is, by nature, independent of the personal feelings of the people whom are bound by ethical guidelines. While they are important for reducing liability and improving customer satisfaction in commercial settings, there are also generalized ethical systems, some being more far reaching than others.

Biotic or panbiotic ethics are simple but far reaching systems that dictate the importance of preserving and propagating all life on earth, and in space respectively, for instance. While it has understandably sparse research devoted to itself specifically, it is often in agreement with other moral and ethical philosophies in some capacity given its fundamental effect on causing suffering. Larger and more difficult to explain ethical guidelines can be found elsewhere in the field of bioethics. Bioethics is generally less philosophical and more evidenced, with biotic ethics being an exception to the rule.

Ethics and morals can be observed in nonhuman animal models(mammals, avians, some reptiles, and avians), with some nonhuman animals being able to understand and put into practice applied ethics demonstrated by humans, despite a lack of personal agreement(ie recognizing that it's ethical to wait for a treat instead of taking one). Of course, nonhuman animals may not interpret it as following ethics, but behaviors like that manifest themselves as such.

I'm sure you bought the land too. Because children can own property, right? God, how easy it must've been back then. I really don't care if you think I'm not zoo, since I know it to be true otherwise. If you can't comprehend that, then oh well.

Obviously nothing because you're all too uncaring. Guess I'll have to be alone in this like I've always been.

His choice? After he does not get tired to tell us how it´s not his choice? Staying polite and benevolent, after all he replied to even the most polite and sympathetic answers? If that´s what you can handle, fine...but that´s not what I want to handle at all. He´s depressive (if that´s true and not a very twisted form of attention seeking), not an imbecile inept of realising how he comes across...I´ve had the "luck" to be confronted with some depressive persons over the years, I´ve seen my alcoholic friend emotionally collapse , I´ve seen teen girls in my riding lessons whose arms were far from normal looking from all their attempts to end it (not borderline cutting!), I´ve seen my own mother experiencing massive depressions when my stepfather left her for a younger woman...but never ever I have seen such egocentric toxicity in a depressive person. This is just a little bit over the top for me...primarily the clandstine passive aggressiveness he displays lets me think that something is fishy. I´ve browsed through his posting history, I read about how things went in another "zoo" forum and I´m convinced that all your kindness, all your heartfelt attempts to help this guy are equally in vain as those made in the forum he visited proir to this one. Total futility , that´s what my prognosis of your efforts is. He won´t, he can´t ...and we´re to blame for his misery and now it is our duty (at least he seems to be thinking that) to sort out his life for him.

You don´t expect a stringent explanation of quantum mechanics from your local barber and a decent haircut from the nearest physicist, right? Frankly said, he is wrong in here...as he was wrong in the last forum he participated in. He doesn´t need "to touch a horse", he doesn´t need a zoophile forum, he first and foremost needs goddamn therapy. He needs professionals to take care of him, not benevolent, but clueless amateurs with a Mother theresa complex.

Isn´t it funny that , when dealing with this guy, you experience the same feeling of helplessness, rejection and desperation as I am feeling when dealing with the zoo community? The same amount of irrational defensive behaviour, the same level of self obsession, the same amount of demands, but not a single impulse to help me helping you? Deja Vu...or groundhog day...call it what you want, but dealing with darkspirit comes damn close to the movie Inception for me...Trying to help someone who doesn´t accept any kind of help if it´s not him who defines the terms and conditions...in a group of people who don´t accept any kind of help if it doesn´t exactly fit their terms and conditions...I definitely see parallels.Do you too?

A person's suffering has a way of transferring onto others, even after he is long gone