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      05-13-2008, 11:58 PM   #56
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http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/...is_humane.html

"I don't see what all the fur fuss is about. If it's okay to eat animals, hunt animals, keep animals as pets, and wear the hides of animals in the form of leather jackets and leather shoes, why is not okay to wear animals' fur too? What really lies under the skin of today's anti-fur hysteria is a discomfort with man's domination of nature and beast."

"Civilisation is built upon the idea that we are morally superior to animals, and it was only through the subjugation of animals that civilisation could emerge and flourish. Only by taming beasts or removing them from large parts of land could we build towns and cities; only by housing chickens and livestock in factory-like spaces can we guarantee feeding millions of humans."

"And yes, even fur is humane. To turn an animal into a fur coat is to ennoble it. As a fashion item, an animal acquires significance far beyond its own natural existence."

"What is a mink but a wild beast scrabbling for food along riversides, destined to die and rot in the shade of a tree?"

- Brendan O'Neill

PS. I would simply shrug and look the other way if and only if they were raised and killed humanely (if its even possible to say "killed humanely" lol)
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