17th November 2011, 6:25 PM
Most people outside Japan have never heard of tanooki racoon dogs much less the sale of their fur pelts, PETA could be causing a Barbra Streisand effect by doing this. "Mario's Tanooki costume is not even really a fur suite its a magical metamorphosis just like Lycanthropy .
I am all for conservation and laws against willfully malicious animal cruelty, The "animal rights" movement is delusional & irrational in my opinion, This movement tends to attract "misanthropes" who hate humanity and seem to be overly-hypersensitive towards the treatment of poultry & livestock but completely insensitive and lacking in empathy towards people!!
Giving rights to animals to the point of wanting to make them equal in value to humans is sheer madness, Animals have no capacity or potential capacity for reciprocity nor can they comprehend much less adhere to man made laws since they are not and can never be a real member of our society that works votes, pays taxes & obeys the law of the land , While predators would be considered blameless for killing people and other animals.
I am all for conservation and laws against willfully malicious animal cruelty, The "animal rights" movement is delusional & irrational in my opinion, This movement tends to attract "misanthropes" who hate humanity and seem to be overly-hypersensitive towards the treatment of poultry & livestock but completely insensitive and lacking in empathy towards people!!
Giving rights to animals to the point of wanting to make them equal in value to humans is sheer madness, Animals have no capacity or potential capacity for reciprocity nor can they comprehend much less adhere to man made laws since they are not and can never be a real member of our society that works votes, pays taxes & obeys the law of the land , While predators would be considered blameless for killing people and other animals.