I am so tired. Marty was in town last night so along with Phil and Badur we were out downing pitchers until they eventually threw us out at 3 AM. Anyway, time to start the programming jobs that I should have started at 9 AM… (9 AM a year ago that is).
PS. Thank you to everyone who wrote me offering to help defend against PETA. But honestly, I would think PETA is intelligent enough to figure out that those galleries are there and the interviews are there not to encourage animal abuse, but to open up a dialog on the subject so people actually think about what they're doing. Not to judge it or condemn it though — if someone wants to do silly stuff with an animal, although I wouldn't do it, I'm not sure that I have the right to make such judgements for anyone but myself.
I think that a lot of people don't really consider all the implications of their actions. To give an overwhelming example that many people ignore, think of how many vegans will tell you that they are animal lovers, but then own carnivorous (ie. dogs, cats, etc.) pets. So… Basically an intelligent creature kept as a slave for your amusement, coupled with hundreds of other sentient animals kept as slaves which you then have killed to feed to your own love-slave. (Sure, you could “force” the animal to be vegan too, but that's just trading one cruelty for another).
Or something like that.
“Can't see the forest for the trees” is the expression I think.
Other people would suggest it's a SEP field.
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