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  Visit to a slaughterhouse
 
Warning, not for the squeamish: (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Pork chops anyone?
 
(...) I support investigation of this and prosecution if warranted. There are laws on our books against this sort of thing and they need to be enforced. PETA alleges this is pervasive and endemic, (which I'm not convinced they have shown, per se, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
(...) That's vandalism, which isn't quite as nonviolent a form of civil disobedience as some other ones, but it's small potatoes, I suppose. Actually hitting someone might be a bit of "assault", though. (...) I'm with you on this, Dan. Their FAQ (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Pork chops anyone?
 
Warning, not for the squeamish: (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
(...) It's not obvious to *me*. Always looking for the disagreement, eh? I ask for some reading material because I want to have an open mind and do some research and you conclude that I disagree apriori. (...) Not interested in *countering* it. I'm (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
(...) PETA does this? That's news to me! I've heard of PETA protests where people threw pies and even animal blood on employees (mainly execs if I remember correctly) of fur makers and cosmetics companies that use animals for testing. Where did you (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
(...) They are one of the most extreme "animal rights" organizations. While I do feel there probably are some bad practices with animals, I don't think blowing up buildings, burning buildings, and other such destructive (and possibly endangering (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
(...) Why? Just curious. Dan (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
(...) I think some crop growing methods may be suspect also. Certainly there are situations of overuse of pesticides, and monoculture growing is probably not ideal either, but there's certainly less to potentially get up in arms about. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lobster Bisque (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
 
>>In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes: >> >>Seeing how horrid our agricultural practices are... (...) Then I'll rephrase it: "Seeing how horrid much of America's meat related agricultural practices are, in my opinion,..." Is that more (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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