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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

byronius

(7,704 posts)

11. Fine then, I'm glad.

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 02:43 AM

Mar 2015

My point stands: children do not need to be entertained by performing animals. They can be entertained by almost any spectacle. Such things should be allowed to lapse into history, just like slavery and torture. Right? Tradition should not excuse or equivocate suffering. Right?

We're supposed to grow out of this stuff.

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Ringling Bros. Circus to end use of elephants by 2018 [View all] shenmue Mar 2015 OP

They might as well shut down yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #1

Why do you post here? nt LiberalElite Mar 2015 #3

Why not. I have been here a long time. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #6

Unconscious comment. And that joy is misplaced. byronius Mar 2015 #5

So what are they replacing them with? yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #7

I do not know, and I do not care. byronius Mar 2015 #8

You had me at I do not know... Kalidurga Mar 2015 #9

A ton of assumptions going on in that reply of yours yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #10

Fine then, I'm glad. byronius Mar 2015 #11

Good post, but LOVED this line kwolf68 Jul 2015 #13

Ask them. flvegan Mar 2015 #12

I wish it was today Kalidurga Mar 2015 #2

+100 narnian60 Mar 2015 #4