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I agree with that 100%. Also, what I've found in dealing with animal loonies (the pig is a dog is a horse is a boy crowd) is that they have little to no feelings for humans. Because, let's face it. We have limited amounts of time to be activist, if at all. Expending that time and energy on a chicken instead of on children in need speaks volumes.
but killing animals in order to eat them is hardly a matter of cruelty.
How would you vote on this measure?
In a world in which animal rights are gaining ground, barbecue season should make me feel guilty. My hunch is that in a century or two, our descendants will look back on our factory farms with uncomprehending revulsion. But in the meantime, I love a good burger.
This comes up because the most important election this November that youve never heard of is a referendum on animal rights in California, the vanguard state for social movements. Proposition 2 would ban factory farms from raising chickens, calves or hogs in small pens or cages.
Livestock rights are already enshrined in the law in Florida, Arizona, Colorado and here in Oregon, but Californias referendum would go further and would be a major gain for the animal rights movement. And its part of a broader trend. Burger King announced last year that it would give preference to suppliers that treat animals better, and when a hamburger empire expostulates tenderly about the living conditions of cattle, you know public attitudes are changing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/opinion/31kristof.html?th&emc=th
And, for your info, he's a beagle/lab mix and doesn't facilitate masculinity like the dudes you are used to being around.
I have a Beagle. Her name is Sealy. She is so funny. Barks for food because she always gets her way. And then people feel sorry for her when I tell her to shut up. Like she knows that word is offensive. I could say YOU ARE PRETTY in the same tone and it would mean the same thing to her.
She goes around to neighbors because the give her treats. She'll stare at them through their doorwalls to see if they are eating. Just like her liberal dad, always looking for a free handout. LOL.
My parents spoil her too. When I go on trips, they watch her. She NEVER wants to leave. I practically have to drag her out. But then she doesn't get to sleep in the bed over there and they don't scratch her because the don't want the hairs flying.
One time 4 monster dogs saw us and came charging. I froze. When they surrounded me, my only concern was Sealy. She was already back by the car, about a mile away. So much for loyalty. But she's smart. I'll give her that. LOL. The little bitch left me hanging.
but killing animals in order to eat them is hardly a matter of cruelty.
nice!
So where do you get the second half of your name?
Can you show me that it does? People don't need to eat meat, you know, to keep from starving.
Just as I'm sure tigers don't don't 'need' to eat meat either...
I'm not sure where you got the idea that I was justifying anything by need.Using need, or lack of, to justify anything is a poor argument in a free society.
Because the property was damaged...because "feelings" have nothing to do with crime. You can't criminally hurt someone's feelings by beating them to death. Beating a person to death is committing murder. Beating an animal to death is property destruction, and perhaps animal cruelty..
ok, i've got time to tear into little allie...
and perhaps animal cruelty?
seriously allie try it. take an animal downtown and beat it to death.
just tell folks it's your animal.
your property.
and your right.
yourself.
Why are there always some people who think we should be limited only to what we must have for survival?
I believe I mentioned animal cruelty. Which is also a crime.
