- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Wow. Nice job on creating this thread.
Personally, my stance on animal rights actually kinda differs depending on the animal. Dogs, for example, are awesome and deserve more rights than say, a fish (I have a little Springer Spaniel runt named Sadie and she's one of the cutest dogs known to man...I love her to death and I'd be really sad if I had to see her get nailed by a car speeding down my street). Actually, nevermind that. I don't look down upon eating meat--the animal isn't going to waste. I do frown upon poaching, especially with endangered animals, although accidents do happen (like hitting a manatee with a boat). But, at the same time, I don't really have many qualms about going into the woods and taking potshots at some squirrels with a bb gun, or blasting away at potguts (but, they are a pest animal) with a .22. I love to go pheasant hunting, and although I rarely eat the meat, my dad and I are at least sensible enough to give it to someone who WILL use it.
But, I think the people who go really far off the deep end with animal rights (i.e., being a vegan because it's "wrong to kill animals") are idiots and hypocrites. I'll post more on that later, but it's late and I'm running on three and a half hours of sleep so I'd best be off to bed now.