Get rick etter, dutch, and Jonathan Ball out of these forums
They're not trolls. "A TROLL is a person who posts messages to usenet
with the intent of getting people to answer it. Posts are usually off
topic. Trolls do this for any number of reasons. Just to see who
answers, or all the way to trying to find email addresses to send them
spam."
http://www.smr-usenet.com/def/index.shtml
Since their posts are responses, they're on topic insofar as the threads
are actually on topic. Just because they're not in goose-step agreement
with vegans doesn't make them trolls.
They're not morons. They make plenty of sense in their posts. A moron is
clinically defined as having an IQ between 50 and 70. As for their
contributions to society, they all appear to have gainful employment,
they don't seem to get in much trouble with the law, and they appear to
have loving families.
As was pointed out by Jon's reply, AR people are leftists. Leftists have
a lot of time on their hands because they're underachievers. They had
time to raze Seattle a few years ago, they burned a bunch of Hummers
last week, and their "activism" is always more destructive rather than
constructive. To my knowledge, the three men accused of being trolls
haven't engaged in that kind of behavior.
Yeah, you should stop being like that.
I learned it from you.
I don't have to separate myself from ARAs, because I've never been for
animal rights (I am for humane treatment, though). I'm pro-hunting. I'm
pro-angling. What part of that don't you understand?
As for what I really know, I was born and raised on a ranch. I worked in
agriculture during summers and fall harvests even after we moved to the
city. I still have family involved in agriculture, including ranching. I
have friends with farming and dairy interests. I've had my own endeavors
in agriculture, including goat milk production, in my younger adulthood.
I've castrated bulls, pigs, and goats, and never had an incident
involving bleeding or sustained pain. I've raised and slaughtered those
species plus chickens, ducks, deer, feral hogs, you name it. Our animals
always had lots of space, plenty to eat, plenty to drink, immediate
veterinarian care when sick or injured, etc.
I know that healthy animals gain weight faster than sickly ones: time is
money in agriculture. I know that healthy animals bring significantly
more cash at auction that sickly ones. In other words, it's not in a
farmer's or rancher's economic interest to treat his income in a shoddy,
haphazard manner. Those who mistreat or malnourish their livestock pay a
double price for it if caught, and pay heavily for it even if not caught.
What else would you like to know, asshole?
I would've called him something else but it would've been an insult to felines.
You ought to know.
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