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from the when-does-activism-become-terrorism dept.
I was saddened to hear that two individuals who released fur animals and vandalized fur farms across America were busted: http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/fbi-arrests-activists-accused-of-releasing-mink/article_6c169b5d-dbbc-5dd1-adb0-534ee46af88b.html
But the arrest is sort of beside the point and there are two interesting tidbits in there. First and less interesting, is the ridiculous charge of terrorism under the "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act" -- seriously, what they did is just plain old crime. Before you know it, going 10 over on the freeway will be considered an act of terrorism.
More intriguing, despite a lack of details on how they got busted, is this tidbit:
The indictment states that they covered their tracks by avoiding phones or logging into known online accounts and email. Instead, they used public Internet computers and encrypted email and cash for purchases while traveling. They would allegedly withdraw hundreds of dollars while back home in the San Francisco Bay Area before another trip.
The FBI states that they drafted communiques and posted them online to publicize their actions on websites associated with "animal rights extremists."
I'm going to guess automatic license plate readers were involved. Pure guess.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by PocketSizeSUn on Monday July 27 2015, @01:22PM
Non-degradable plastic is not really a reasonable replacement for fur.
Leather and fur are natural, long lasting, renewable and bio degradable.
If you have a moral objection to fur and leather feel free to use alternatives, but please don't enforce your opinion on others.
Thanks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @03:48PM
> Non-degradable plastic is not really a reasonable replacement for fur.
It is for 90+% of the use cases. The fact that there are still corner cases where your statement is true doesn't change the general case. Don't be one of those black and white guys who thinks the extremes define the norm.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @05:19PM
Find a plastic that is a perfect replacement for leather and fur and is infinitely renewable and is nontoxic to everything everywhere. Go ahead. Don't be one of those black and white guys who thinks the extremes define the norm.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday July 27 2015, @05:35PM
Isn't making leather fairly toxic? Yep: http://gizmodo.com/how-leather-is-slowly-killing-the-people-and-places-tha-1572678618 [gizmodo.com]
(full disclosure, I wear leather, here is my convoluted self-deluding rationale: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=8624&cid=214365 [soylentnews.org] )
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @09:38PM
Look at the variety of ways it can be done. I have done it with zero chemicals. None at all, the native American way. Maybe what you meant was leather tanning can be toxic, but it does not have to be. It is the tanner's (or employer's) choice.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by acid andy on Monday July 27 2015, @05:12PM
I'm quite sure that having an opinion enforced upon oneself feels considerably less uncomfortable than being factory farmed and slaughtered.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @05:25PM
Why do animals on factory farms matter and plants do not? For the same reason why humans matter and animals on factory farms do not.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @11:59PM
You're forcing your opinion on the animals you slaughter needlessly, so it's not like you care about forcing others.