Girls are doin' it for themselves

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

But what the hell is a mink anyway?
 
 Cows are much more loveable animals than mink. I would much more strongly object to killing them.
 
 But they don't raise cows for the leather, do they? So I'm fine with leather shoes, just not eating them.
 
 

Originally posted by Bollocks:
   

Originally posted by ggdoubleballs (tm):
   If they want to kill, let them kill.

Sweet! Can I kill whoever I want then?
 
 
 Seriously, I don't eat meat as we all know, but I do wear leather shoes so not a militant veggie. I do think there's a huge difference though, between killing an animal for food then using the rest of it for other purposes....and killing 40 mink so some rich bitch can wear a coat.
 
 Just my tuppence worth. [/b]

[mankie]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Bollocks:
 I do think there's a huge difference though, between killing an animal for food then using the rest of it for other purposes....and killing 40 mink so some rich bitch can wear a coat.
 
 Just my tuppence worth.

I agree.  But no one can live by PETA's standards.  When I first got to DC I answered a blind classified, and I got a package from PETA with a long job application.  You have to write an essay on something from their material, so I looked at the material.  I could live quietly, naked and hungry, in a dark hut if I were to follow all the tenets espoused.
 
 Still, fur coats seem overly consumptive and blithely extravagant.  But I'm not going to throw paint at people... [/b]

I've had many a discussion with PETA members...basically they're nutjobs and do more harm than good (imho), some people go 180 against PETA simply because PETA pisses them off so much. They're like the Palestinians...they have a worthy cause but their actions have a negative effect on any support they could generate from outsiders.
 
 And Rhett, how could anyone kill a moo-cow with those big brown eyes looking at you? Who am I to talk though, I'll spend hours trying to catch a cricket in the house so I can let it out the window before I'd spray the little devil with insecticide.

[markie]

Originally posted by ggdoubleballs (tm):
 
 
 But they don't raise cows for the leather, do they? So I'm fine with leather shoes, just not eating them.
 

Some time I wonder how some people manage to lace their shoes in the morning:
 
 http://www.cowsarecool.com/

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I agree. I grew up on a dairy farm. I'll happily drink the milk, but not eat the meat.

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggdoubleballs (tm):
 [QB] But what the hell is a mink anyway?
 
 
 

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