tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post1051462254298669697..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: County fairs and animal mutilation.......veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-748841447084371102010-10-15T05:39:55.598-05:002010-10-15T05:39:55.598-05:00Thanks for commenting Bea. If the kids don't g...Thanks for commenting Bea. If the kids don't get warped, then where would the "consumers" come from? Teach them to believe lies when they are small and they will defend and promote lies when they are grown.<br /><br />Good resource on Bo Peep...thank you.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-30106125561433024112010-10-14T22:22:42.831-05:002010-10-14T22:22:42.831-05:00I get so angry when I see how institutions attempt...I get so angry when I see how institutions attempt to indoctrinate kids into seeing animals as disposable "resources". It's really quite evil - to manipulate the genuine love children have for animals into something "profit" driven. The pressures must be tremendous for those kids in rural areas who don't participate in "fairs". I imagine they are bullied andBea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-59181247395187328242010-10-14T20:32:03.242-05:002010-10-14T20:32:03.242-05:00Thank you for your comment SITOGV. I like it....th...Thank you for your comment SITOGV. I like it....the county or state UNFAIR.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-30663912723448354332010-10-14T16:54:52.367-05:002010-10-14T16:54:52.367-05:00I'm going to echo Krissa here and agree that i...I'm going to echo Krissa here and agree that it's (the post and the events described) heartbreaking. Here too in Southern Ontario all kinds of fall fairs are taking place, but when I moved back to my hometown to be closer to my elderly parents I had somehow forgotten how rurally-based this town still is. At least in the city I didn't have to read about pig roasts (church-sponsored of So I'm Thinking Of Going Veganhttp://thinkoutsidethepiggybank.typepad.com/so_im_thinking_of_going_v/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-13998854825848538792010-10-10T07:40:28.870-05:002010-10-10T07:40:28.870-05:00Thanks for commenting Krissa. As far as not being ...Thanks for commenting Krissa. As far as not being in FFA, we probably were mostly being obnoxious adolescents as opposed to anything grander...but we did break the barrier (as it were) of opting out of FFA.<br /><br />I dreaded going out to the fair, I anticipated what I would see, I found myself apologizing to the animals again and again. Would that I could have organized a jailbreak!veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-53771010767537999862010-10-10T04:46:36.547-05:002010-10-10T04:46:36.547-05:00Well, this made me cry. I cry every time I see/hea...Well, this made me cry. I cry every time I see/hear anything like this. ... I remember 4H and FFA from my childhood days, too. Sadly, I did have 4H experience. They were offering dog obedience classes and I took our dog, Sheik, through the class myself. I guess I was about 12 years old. Good for you (that's putting it mildly) and your friend for standing against the hostile crowd and Krissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-11259200546991512072010-10-09T20:04:11.176-05:002010-10-09T20:04:11.176-05:00Thank you for commenting Harry. You are correct, c...Thank you for commenting Harry. You are correct, children tend to evince compassion and the culture (parents, institutions, etc) attempts to eradicate it in large and small ways.<br /><br />Let's clone Emma. :-)veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-88889521875400217922010-10-09T18:56:04.188-05:002010-10-09T18:56:04.188-05:00Matthew Scully, in his book Dominion, suggests tha...Matthew Scully, in his book Dominion, suggests that God granting us dominion over the Earth and all its inhabitants also brought with it a duty: the duty to show mercy. Unlike Mr Scully I am not a religious man, but his argument remains compelling - how has the world become so lacking in mercy? Where, for example, was any mercy shown in what you have detailed above?<br /><br />Children are not Harryhttp://www.agentleplace.comnoreply@blogger.com