Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The cow dies anyway, I doubt that he cares if he is eaten or just used for his hide. He's still KILLED. That's why real animal rights activists oppose eating meat too. I was making fun of the kids you see here screaming about fur while wearing leather and eating hamburgers. If you really care about the rights of animals and cruelty, you'll oppose killing ALL animals, not just the cute ones and the ones that don't produce 'meat'. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 2/22/10 2:34 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > It's not just that, Chris. The leather is an inevitable by-product of > eating > meat, so it is proper to use it (unless of course one objects to all meat > which I don't). In comparison, raising animals (or even worse, killing wild > ones) JUST for the fur is frivolous, cruel and stupid. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> In the USA firs are very expensive so few people wear fur, but those can >> afford it often do. Its unfashionable among young liberals, but the very >> wealthy don't have any moral problems with fur. I personally don't get the >> anti-fur bias some have. We all wear leather belts and shoes and gloves, >> but >> that's ok. Cattle are ugly and smelly, so they don't have 'rights' like >> fuzzy cute animals. >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-424-0897 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2/22/10 1:50 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >> >>> Really? I did not think people still wore furs in NYC. Must be the >>> Russian >>> immigrants. >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 21, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Coyote furs are sold right next to minks. >>>> I just saw it on 57th street last night. >>>> A samples sale. >>>> >>>> [Rabs] >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information