People who have nothing better to do! Shooting themselves in the foot, indeed!

Respect for animals
by Kenneth Cassar
I refer to Franco Farrugia’s letter (Taking care of animals TMID, 9 November). I shall only comment on one paragraph, which I see as particularly disturbing, despite Mr Farrugia’s good intentions.

WOW! AT LEAST THE WRITER ADMITTED THAT I HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS. HE CERTAINLY MADE MY DAY!

Mr Farrugia writes: “...First of all, Mr Farrugia fails to note another kind of people in the non-human animal issue – the animal rights advocate who holds that animals are not property, and that they should not be used for any human purpose. This has nothing to do with “animals” being a nuisance, and all to do with their fundamental right not to be treated as property. There is no love without respect.

OH COME ON, SPARE US THE EXACTTITUDES, PLEASE.

.... It’s just about the fact that human imposed breeding, selling and buying of any non-human animal is in itself abuse, since that single act treats non-human animals as human property.

AND ISN'T THAT EXACTLY WHAT I SAID IN MY LETTER????? COULD I HAVE BEEN CLEARER IN MY CONDEMNATION OF BREEDERS????

And property cannot have rights – .... I also find the claim made by many “animal lovers” that they prefer the company of “animals” to that of humans particularly worrying.

WELL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, TOUGH! THAT'S MY OPINION, ONE WHICH IS UPHELD BY MANY!

No wonder the general public thinks of us as weirdos who turn to non-human animals because we lack the ability to maintain good human relationships.

FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO 'US', ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS LETTER! I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PERSON BEHIND THIS LETTER. SECONDLY, I THINK THERE ARE MUCH WEIRDER WEIRDOS THAN ONE WHO CLAIMS THAT HE PREFERS THE COMPANY OF ANIMALS THAN THAT OF MAN, SUCH AS THOSE, FOR INSTANCE, WHO ARE 100% VEGAN!!!!!

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Kenneth Cassar
Animal Rights MaltaMarsascala

DOES KENNETH CASSAR REALISE THAT HE IS SHOOTING HIMSELF IN THE FOOT AND ATTACKING A FELLOW ANIMAL-LOVER? WHY DOESN'T KENNETH DO US ALL A FAVOUR AND CONTINUE KEEPING HIS GUNS TRAINED ON THOSE WHO HARM ANIMALS, AND NOT ON THE UNDERSIGNED!
ANYWAY, SORRY FOR USING THIS PRECIOUS CYPERSPACE WITH THIS CRAPPY STUFF! THAT'S WHY I EDITED IT TO REDUCE THIS WASTE AND SAVE IT FOR FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE: THE DEFENCE OF ANIMALS!