Time to give animals the vote
posted on behalf of Angela roberts | 17.05.2005 13:15
The following article is from an excellent article written by Angela Roberts for the Uncaged website
The last three years have been particularly demanding ones. We've been incredibly busy with two of our major campaigns: Diaries of Despair / xenotransplantation and, on the Global Boycott Procter and Gamble front, the exposé of cruel experiments for IAMS' pet food.
Sometimes I find myself so tied up with the daily ups and downs that I temporarily lose sight of the bigger picture. A short break over Christmas however changed that. Early into the New Year I found myself full of questions and thoughts about the direction of our future campaigns and the best way to achieve our aims.
I began to think about why only humans have the vote and we deny that right to animals
I now regard this position as morally unacceptable.
We can confidently say that public opinion increasingly shares these views. There have been protests and campaigns against vivisection for around 100 years and of late the public has now come to embrade our viewpoint, the next stage in that campaign is to enable animals to have a say in their life and future.
I will now be campaigning for this right. Animals deserve to be participating in the election process with votes of their own. The abuse of animals is about power I intend to put that power in the hands of the animals themselves.
Uncaged Campaigns, 9 Bailey Lane, Sheffield S1 4EG, UK
phone +44 (0) 114 272 2220, fax +44 (0) 114 272 2225
Sometimes I find myself so tied up with the daily ups and downs that I temporarily lose sight of the bigger picture. A short break over Christmas however changed that. Early into the New Year I found myself full of questions and thoughts about the direction of our future campaigns and the best way to achieve our aims.
I began to think about why only humans have the vote and we deny that right to animals
I now regard this position as morally unacceptable.
We can confidently say that public opinion increasingly shares these views. There have been protests and campaigns against vivisection for around 100 years and of late the public has now come to embrade our viewpoint, the next stage in that campaign is to enable animals to have a say in their life and future.
I will now be campaigning for this right. Animals deserve to be participating in the election process with votes of their own. The abuse of animals is about power I intend to put that power in the hands of the animals themselves.
Uncaged Campaigns, 9 Bailey Lane, Sheffield S1 4EG, UK
phone +44 (0) 114 272 2220, fax +44 (0) 114 272 2225
posted on behalf of Angela roberts
e-mail:
email info@uncaged.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.uncaged.co.uk
Comments
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Unhinged?!!
17.05.2005 16:37
Which animal pays tax in the UK? How many animals have read Kapital or are you just going to "help" them fill in their postal votes? This is self-righteous nonsense of the highest order.
Save your own species, you have no mandate to speak for any other
Dr Doolittle
The vote ?
17.05.2005 17:04
I probably got it wrong.
as bad as the usenet newsgroups
17.05.2005 18:55
The above is a libel, but what we can expect on Indymedia?
I would suggest Indymedia should moderate the newswire unless publishing garbage is thought acceptable.
Reader
Yea! Right on maan!!
17.05.2005 19:23
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Vote for Animals NOT BY ANIMALS
18.05.2005 09:08
I urge Indymedia to remove this false posting.
Yours
Max Newton
Max Newton
e-mail:
max@uncaged.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.uncaged.co.uk
Do not dismiss
18.05.2005 09:43
Jennifer
as bad as the usenet newsgroups
18.05.2005 10:39
Those who want to use and exploit animals without the hinderance and are able to use Indymedia for their purpose.
Indymedia seems to often to have degenerated into a vehicle for the likes of "Jennifer".
Reader
my sides, they have split
18.05.2005 11:14
;-)
Vote 4 Animals
18.05.2005 17:07
Is there a moderator looking at these discussions? Because this thread in based on willful or even malicious inaccuracies, and this goes against IndyMedia's 'Charter.'
Max Newton
e-mail:
max@uncaged.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.uncaged.co.uk & www.vote4animals.org.uk
Boycott??????
19.05.2005 16:29
Puzzled
as bad as the usenet newsgroups
19.05.2005 18:20
The original post was made to libel an activist, Angela Roberts, and the campaign organisation of which she is a part, Uncaged. The ideas attributed to her are in no way her view.
This is not a matter of selective quoting; it is a so far successful, in that it continues to be published, attempt to present her as an idiot. Her actual views on voting are sensible, possibly even dull.
The person who posted the lie is some who will present any lie to advance his/her hostility to others concern for animals. The poster must be delighted the Indymeda UK has been so kind as to continue to publish his/her malicious lie.
There can be no basis for news dissemination or discussion on a website that is so contemptuous of basic truth and accuracy.
Reader
Sorry this stayed up so long
19.05.2005 22:47
an imc volunteer