WOW! Now that is very liberal! VERY....~~~ sigh~~~
To borrow from you, sweet cheeks, how sad to see such on FR ;)
You may not recall the big animal rights protests of the late 80's and early 90's, but they logically made the same argument all of you are making. But they rightfully made it against any killing of animals.
I am a geezerette, so I remember Sherman's March to the Sea.
What people are against on this tread are saying (for the b'zillionth time...so pay attention)
They are against the intentional suffering of animals. NO ONE HERE as said that they don't want any animals killed. We just know that those who torture animals for fun, are dangerous, mentally ill, and do it to PEOPLE at a later date.
I have skinned, gutted, scaled, plucked and cleaned many a supper. But everyone one of those critters wasn't the end result of a twisted minds day at play.
It they had been, the owner of said twisted mind would have been skinned, gutted, scaled and plucked.
You see, their perspective is perfectly consistent. When you buy it in part, you buy it in whole because our juries can see the logical progression.
No darlin' you are the one that doesn't get it.
(Lean closer sweetie, I think your hearing is defective)
Pleasure derived from killing/torturing said animal is what we are condemning.
The "animals have rights" line of thought will force vegetarianism upon us all. Which is precisely what PETA wants.
Oh please! You sound like Daddy who swore desegregation would end the white race by 1972. He also thought a black model on the cover of Glamour in 1969 was clear evidence that communists had taken over New York (OK, so he was half right)
No one will become vegetarian against their will. As a society progresses, we become more humane and aware of needless suffering. Practices considered OK a 100 years ago are now viewed as 'inhumane' (Bear baiting, check reigns (sp) etc).
We also become extremely aware of the strong correlation between those who get off on torturing an animal and the progression onto human victims.