Carol, I strongly disagree with President Bush on several issues - but he is the President I wanted, he is the President I support and the first President I've ever really LOVED!!
Why can't I feel the same way about PETA? They are a force to be reckoned with, and their victories go way beyond animal testing in cosmetics. They got huge chains like Burger King, Wendy's and McDonalds to agree to use humane practices in their slaughterhouses.. because they realized that there are people who will always eat meat, and that's just life.. but animals don't have to suffer unnnecessarily. They got designers like Kenneth Cole to discontinue buying leather from countries that inhumanely treated animals. They get things accomplished - a lot of things.. in fact, a lot of things that are important to ME, as an individual... I don't recall asking anyone on this list to join PETA. I'm not worried about PETA coming to take away Nathan - if they started in on companion pets, they would lose a lot of support. There are always extremists in any group - but it seems as though the organization is evolving away from the original fanatacism. Lots of things in life start out one way and end up another. I am not a PETA freak - I'm not out staging protests. But I do believe in treating animals as God's creatures and not worthless objects to be used and abused. I eat meat and wear leather - but I do the best I can to not buy products that further the unnecessary suffering of animals. PETA is a really good ally in the fight against puppy mills.. But because of a few comments made years ago - should the potential of positively helping further this cause be overlooked? I want puppy milling made illegal - period. If PETA can make progress in this area - then more power to them. I'm so sorry that I mentioned PETA.. Holli Gould ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
