deborah the animal rights basher

[Guest guest]

dear deborah,

 

i have been vegetarian since 1976.

 

i have never once bombed a building and do not

support radical activists who do.

 

(fyi: many " earth first " bombers are not vegetarian or vegan!)

 

i work with juvenile offenders.

 

trust me, there IS a strong correlation between violence

against animals and violence against humans.

 

kids who grow up kicking their dog can make

that next step to kicking their children (parents, partners, etc...).

 

it's obvious you don't support vegetarianism or veganism

for health issues, let alone for global ecological issues....

never mind the animal rights issue.

 

i assume you believe it's perfectly fine to inject chimpanzees with

HIV or implant electrodes into cat skull.

 

ever visited a factory farm? seen how inhumanely food animals are

confined,

denied their natural instincts (to spread their wings, to walk freely,

to milk their

young, etc...)?

 

rainforests ARE being destroyed for cattle as western nations grow obese

and die of heart attacks and cancer from our meat-based diet.

 

we do share the planet with animals and we are destroying much of their

habitat.

we live in a connected system and must remember that what we do to

animals, to the earth, and to each other will come around to haunt us.

 

i certainly hope you are raising your own children (grandchildren,

nieces/nephews, etc...)

to be humane, to be compassionate, and to have a connected world view.

 

it's not just about cats and dogs. would you be horrified to see a

person of another culture kill and

eat a household pet? a gorilla (bushmeat)? a whale?

 

some of us extend that disgust to " farm " animals.

 

i'm sorry you're so human-centric you see no value in extending

compassion to all living beings.

 

amy lynn caplan

pacifica