23 Dec 04
Originally posted by TexasCowboyI can't believe I'm actually agreeing with you on this one.
Who cares about the treatment of animals?!... Get them from A to B, cook them, and eat them. Yummy!
Obviously I do want animals treated kindly before they land on my plate, but I don't think I should be questioning a government's policy on animals at a time when that same government has no problems dismembering and mutulating little children with their daily bombing runs.
Just makes me feel like i don't have my priorities straight.
23 Dec 04
Originally posted by shavixmirThat's to bad... as you, and everyone else on RHP, can tell, my every post is an attempt to impress you.
My God...
You were on such a role and then you had to spout this rubbish.
You truly generally fail to impress me..and once again...you've failed again.
23 Dec 04
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Originally posted by shavixmirAnimal welfare's not that high up my list of priorities either.
I can't believe I'm actually agreeing with you on this one.
Obviously I do want animals treated kindly before they land on my plate, but I don't think I should be questioning a government's policy on animals at a time when that sa ...[text shortened]... .
Just makes me feel like i don't have my priorities straight.
My point is that corporate america is using the 'war on terror' as an excuse to cut costs. Its important that we see who's calling the shots - the US isn't attacking Iraq because of some desire to make the world safer (christ, if the world was safer, they'd sell fewer weapons - can't have that!). Its about markets and resources for the big corporations. And these parasites will take every opportunity to cut costs, under any pretence.
Remember when a list of things not allowed on planes was drawn up (box cutters, nail clippers, AK47s etc) - cigarrette lighters were specifically removed from that list (ie allowed on planes), on the insistence of the tobacco companies.
Its about the economic system, and its constant need to keep growing and expanding. And to keep cutting costs.
29 Dec 04
Please distinguish between animal rights and animal welfare:
although their advocates appear aligned to those of us who cast animal parts before aquatic carnivores for recreation, they are not one and the same
see Gary L. Francione, Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement.