The human race could go extinct and I for one would not shed any tears. -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
Deas people tend not to shed tears.
Anyway, it's truly sad that actual protests about real animal cruelty can get taken over by gibbering idiots like this. If prevention of cruelty to animals meant a lot to me, I'd spend a few hours each week making sure that morons like this were ignored by the media.
I was going along just fine, making my little snarky comments to myself...then I read the quote about how one shouldn't buy wool, 'cause shearing embarresed the sheep. I think it broke my brain.
There's a profound thread of (self)-loathing and species guilt running through a lot of animal-activist thought. I've seen it among the furry community too, but there it takes a weird step sideways: "Humans are the most evil, selfish, awful creatures in creation; good thing I'm not one of them, eh?"
Where is the beauty of nature, however, without consciousness to appreciate it?
I submit that many of us would probably at least entertain the thought of writing off a portion of the species whose attitudes don't agree with ours, and with whom we may have had unpleasant encounters with during our formative years. (People who recently posted rants about stupid backwards red-staters, I'm looking at you.)
Some merely go so far as to extend this to the whole species and declare that humans are inherently, irredeemably corrupt, based on the examples they see around them and any negative feelings they may have about themselves.
I have biker friends who confront them en masse when the PeTA goobers are protesting fur. Much easier to abuse a little old lady for wearing a fur coat than a 6'4" leather clad biker.
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 12:00 (UTC)-Dave Foreman, Earth First!
Deas people tend not to shed tears.
Anyway, it's truly sad that actual protests about real animal cruelty can get taken over by gibbering idiots like this. If prevention of cruelty to animals meant a lot to me, I'd spend a few hours each week making sure that morons like this were ignored by the media.
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 12:56 (UTC)-Dave Foreman, Earth First!
I can think of a good place to start...
(If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?)
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 13:07 (UTC)Gessi
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 13:08 (UTC)Gessi
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 13:31 (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Dec 2004 15:15 (UTC)Where is the beauty of nature, however, without consciousness to appreciate it?
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 16:53 (UTC)Some merely go so far as to extend this to the whole species and declare that humans are inherently, irredeemably corrupt, based on the examples they see around them and any negative feelings they may have about themselves.
Yep.
Date: 20 Dec 2004 16:05 (UTC)Re: Yep.
Date: 21 Dec 2004 01:19 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Dec 2004 10:40 (UTC)I think I'll get myself some "Vegans Against PETA" buttons (http://www.maelstromstudiolab.com/feralgoth/feralbuttons.html).