>Mary wrote:  From the mouth of a Missourian - the number one puppy mill
>state in the U.S.  I won't even drive through that state.
 
So you think not driving through Missouri (a lovely state, by the way)
affects folks who own puppy mills?  That's almost as childish as not
walking down a street because you don't like one of 200 people that live
there.  And to insult all people from Missouri?  How would you feel if
someone said they didn't trust anything any American said?  Or any woman
said?  Let's grow up.  I live within an hour of Marshall Farms in NY --
never been there, but I'm sure the fact that I'm near them makes me
suspect, right?
 
>So what if MF is nice and clean?  Can anyone tell me how they could
>possibly play with and love their ferrets?  Care about their happiness?
>Is that not the point?  That's enough for me to be anti farming!
 
It's your right to be anti-farming.  It's not your right to expect everyone
to agree with you.  Farms are a fact of life.  We need to keep them as
'good' as possible while they exist, rather than sticking our heads in the
sand and pretending if we don't drive by, they don't exist.
 
>... How can I possibly believe a farm supporter when they tell me they
>love ferrets (or animals).
 
Well, if you won't believe anyone from the state of Missouri, then why
should you listen to any one else's view on anything?  You obviously see
this world in shades of black and white, and are not interested in an open
discussion.
 
>Does the word HYPOCRISY mean anything to you guys?
 
Yes.  It's beginning to become the theme to this MF conversation.  Isn't it
time to close it up now, BIG, before it sinks any lower?  It's bad enough
that animal farming was compared to the horrors of the Holocaust (which I
feel greatly diminished the human suffering there), now we're expressing
prejudice over entire states!  We're obviously headed downhill quickly.
Please, let's move on for now, since we're obviously not going to come to
an agreement on this issue.
 
Joanne
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 Good judgement comes from experience.
 Unfortunately, experience usually comes from bad judgement.
[Posted in FML issue 3181]