Re: Important News Story on Animal's Rights

Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:50:50 -0500

Terry Donaghe wrote:

> ---"Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@together.net> wrote:
> >
> > Terry Donaghe wrote:
> >
> > > *yeah right*
> > >
> > > Read it and
> weep:<http://www.theonion.com/onion3420/animal_rights.html>
> > >
> > > :)
> >
> > I think this is ample example that cows choose not to be free or
> have rights... and an example of people trying to use
> > force to impose their will on others. You cannot free a slave that
> does not want to be free. Slaves must free themselves,
> > in their mind, first and foremost, before they can accept any
> assistance from others.
> >
> > Mike Lorrey
> >
> >
> But if you could give a cow a clear choice of death or life, I would
> imagine at least 20% of them would choose life (the others being too
> stupid to know the difference).

I doubt that any of them are smart enough to know the difference, except that life is a lot more work, and you're more likely to get killed if you live! ;)

Mike Lorrey