Freediver, whom I nominate as co-host, made a great point which deserves its own thread:

Freediver F.
 1:50 AM
Hi Che. Thanks for starting this group. This seems to be a recurring issue on care2 with the radical animal libbers and their warped values. I put it down to mostly city people becoming to detached from the fundamentals of human existence. It is only when your impact on the earth is completely hidden from you that you can pretend that the life of an animal can be compared to that of a human and still get along. Of course, the Indians (forget what religion) have an interesting take on things that does seem to work to an extent, but there are subtle differences between that and what you see here on care2.

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