Matthew Brealey wrote:
> So basically you were fine with the torture, sale of prisoners' organs,
> oppression of Tibet, Taiwan, lack of freedom of speech, freedom of
> religion, massive use of capital punishment (3,400 killed in 2004)
> against political prisoners, but one region kills some cute ickle
> puppies, and you cross China off the list.....
Where did I say I was fine with any of that? It's all bullshit.
Obviously destruction of Tibet, for example, is a much larger issue,
but beating dogs to death in the street with poles has a certain evil
to it as well. And my point was that this practice is against the
background of all the other crap.
> If you want to avoid them, please do it for human rights reasons, and
> save worrying the fluffy dogs for when you've satisified yourself with
> the morals in relation to people, then maybe you can start looking at
> animal welfare.
What's wrong with opposing both?
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