I get so MAD!

March 26th, 2005 at 01:45pm Posted by Bill

Is the phrase “Fur is murder” insulting?

First, I’ll make it known that I’m taking no stand on the whole animal rights issue. People who know me know that I love animals. In our house, we have one fish, two cats and four dogs (yup, four dogs - I’ll explain the newest addition to our canine brood another time). We’ve even gone out of our way to rescue two pets recently. But, I’m a proud carnivore. One of my favorite bumper stickers says “If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?” I also own three jackets that were formerly the exteriors of live cows. But I don’t own any purely decorative animal-product clothing. Sure, the leather jackets look good, but they just happen to be (in my opinion) much better at keeping me warm and dry than vinyl, fleece, or whatever else warm outerwear is made of.

So I’m not going to say anything about fur mills, or the cruelty of killing minks, foxes, and other cute animals.

So aaanywaaaay… I’ve never known anyone who met his or her end at the hands of another. However, if I had a friend or family member who had been murdered, I think I’d be pretty upset if their needless loss of life was being compared to, and diminished by the comparison to, the killing of animals for clothing.

Does anyone else agree?

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