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   On 30 Mar 2006 23:12:43 -0800, rupertmccallum@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   >   
   >dh@. wrote:   
   >> On 29 Mar 2006 17:12:50 -0800, rupertmccallum@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >   
   >> >nopEda@getitstraight.com wrote:   
   >> >> On 28 Mar 2006, Goobernicus Gonad insisted:   
   >>   
   >> >> >Vegetarians are not the "enemies" of currently existing livestock:   
   >> >> > they don't want to inflict any harm on them at all.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>     We're talking about "animal rights" activists here Goo, not all   
   >> >> vegetarians. "aras" would *kill* livestock Goober. Just as they   
   >> >> kill unwanted pets:   
   >> >   
   >> >No they wouldn't.   
   >>   
   >>     Try to think. Since they kill dogs and cats, they would kill livestock   
   >> too. They probably started the latest European outbreak of foot and   
   >> mouth disease, since a container of it just happened to turn up   
   >> missing right before the outbreak. LOL, and if that's not suspicious   
   >> enough, we have Newkirk herself admitting that she "thinks" US   
   >> cattle would benefit from getting sick with it too! You people are not   
   >> sane.   
   >>   
   >   
   >I'm not sure exactly what PETA's position on euthanasia is - I could   
   >try and find out for you. Animal rights activists do support euthanasia   
   >for animals who are so sick that their lives will be utterly miserable.   
      
       It seems anyone in favor of doing so for animals who can't decide   
   one way or the other, should at least be in favor of it for humans who   
   can decide what they want.   
      
   >I'm not sure whether some employees of PETA went beyond that. If they   
   >did, they probably did something which you wouldn't really say is   
   >consistent with an animal rights position. There's no reason to think   
   >animal rights activists would be in favour of killing livestock.   
      
       As yet there is only reason to believe they would. If you can provide   
   reason to believe they would not, then please include how they would   
   deal with them along with your example(s).   
      
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