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05-04-2008, 01:48 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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I really could care less about an industry that makes its profit from selling off the death of animals to rich snobs... After all fur coats are generally considered an "elite" clothing item. The trapping industry should die, native american tradition or not...
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05-04-2008, 03:58 PM | #15 (permalink) |
isfckingdead
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 18,967
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There's nothing superior about what he did. He just took two moronic quotes from you and emphasized them all this proves is your own inferiority.
Anyway I'm completely against fur and I don't think I need to explain why because it's obvious you wouldn't understand anyway. |
05-04-2008, 05:50 PM | #17 (permalink) |
Freeskier
Join Date: Jan 2004
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well, i'm going to have to jump of the "you're an idiot bandwagon," but not for the reasons that many others are.
I will probably be cruified for saying this, but in many areas of the world, revitalized commercial fur trades are helping stabalize ecosystems after the invasion of non-native species who overwhelm the local environment with no natural predators. In those situations, the fur trade is a viable solution. However, the only animal you mentioned was the beaver, which is hardly an invasive species since it does have a wide range of natural predators in North America. The only reason they are at times believed to be a pest is that urban areas are encroaching on their natural habitat, and their damns at times flood these urban areas. Were you to suggest the revival of the beaver fur trade in Argentina, it may have worked, because following the failure of that same project when beavers were introduced there in the 40's, they are now most certainly an invasive species. So in summary, you have no idea what you're talking about. So unless you find an animal who's fur HAS actually proved to be valuable, and that is legitimately and invasive species that is harming the local ecosystems, kindly take a seat.
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05-04-2008, 08:59 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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i'm actually for trapping and have argued in favour of the annual seal hunt off the atlantic coast of canada on other sites. i don't really feel like getting into the reasons here but it generally follows in the same lines as what jibber mentions. it's not because of the loss of revenue for large scale furriers who think the 'glamour' of the 70s is still en vogue today or social guilt due to a cultural rape.
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05-05-2008, 05:52 AM | #20 (permalink) |
afrocentric
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: texas
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i actually have two fur coats, both are lovely, and inherited,......
i've had them refurbished, and re cut to fit just me,......and i love them,......so there
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