Mocked for dressing with warmth in mind.

Give me natural based products any day over petroleum based. Carpets out hardwood floors in. Nylon,Rayon & fake petroleum based clothes out and give me the leather, fur and wool for warmth and comfort.




Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:04:29 +0800
Subject: Vegan video mocks New Yorkers for keeping warm



Petrochemical-Wearing Vegan Tosses Rocks at Natural Fibers in Frigid NYC

Those who are fans of natural fibers will want to watch a duplicitous
video on the vegan lifestyle blog, The Discerning Brute,(1) an attack
piece on natural fiber fur clothing, "The Concrete Catwalk"(2).
The video features street interviews in New York's Soho District
during the frigid winter of 2009, ironically posted while the death
toll from an ice storm climbed past 50 people in the US, a stark
illustration of how important the right clothing is in winter.

By belittling those interviewed, the vegan interviewer slams natural
fibers while promoting synthetics (from oil). He is dressed head to
toe, we assume, in fake wool, fake leather, fake everything - all
made from oil. None of his clothing is biodegradable and will be with
us virtually forever. It doesn't seem to bother him at all that he's
an ecological nightmare.(3)

The interviewer even highlights modern man scaling Everest and their
use of synthetics, a trend in line with the rest of the US fabric
market - now 70 percent synthetic from oil. While it is correct that
modern moutaineers have frozen in great numbers at high altitudes
while dressed in "high-tech" synthetic clothing, Sherpas and others
living in cold regions remain true to natural fiber clothing, as have
others.(4)

There are several gorgeous coats featured (the black mink worn by
woman at 7:40 is my favorite), but you'll love the two "anti-fur"
ladies from Paris, decked out in gorgeous furs at 4:36, who are
wearing fur because it is so cold in New York. Proof positive that
the controversy drops with the temperature.

Many of those interviewed were stumped by comments on how the animals
were killed. See "Fur farming in North America" on FCUSA's website(5)
for the AVMA report on this subject.

Since the interviewer's outfit did not come from anything living
(unless you count extinct dinosaurs), he takes delight in tossing
rocks at 100% natural fiber products made from: the utilization of
pelts taken while controlling the populations of a 60-pound rodent
(beaver); or from 2 tons of our food production waste recycled into
garments (farm-raised mink),(6); or the container that dinner came in
(rabbit).

Overall, the New Yorkers appear to have taken it all in stride and
with good humor, recognizing that vegans are on a crusade to fill the
Earth with more synthetics. But that's only when they're not ranting
against our dependence on oil and its contribution to global warming!

(1) http://thediscerningbrute.com/about-2/
(2) http://thediscerningbrute.com/video/
(3) See "Plastic bags on our backs," FCUSA commentary, Mar. 14, 2008.
http://www.furcommission.com/resource/perspect999ce.htm
(4) See for example: The Seals and Sealing Network,
http://sealsandsealing.net/ ; "Replica clothes pass Everest test,"
BBC News, June 13, 2006,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5076634.stm ; "Just one word:
fleece," New York Times, Feb. 15, 1998,
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht...xprod=permalink
; "Silent snow," www.silentsnow.org/index.php?p=trailer
(5) http://www.furcommission.com/farming/index.html#Anchor-Humane-35326
(6) See "Super duper recyclers. How fur farmers turn waste into
beauty," FCUSA commentary, Oct. 28, 1999,
http://www.furcommission.com/news/newsE68.htm
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Thanks Again for your time -interesting.How can folks be so out of step

They are out of step because they wish to think of themselves as more Saintly and intelligent then the rest of humanity. They feel a need to be superior to most of the rest of society. What better platform could they chose then to play compassionate Disney folk against 97% of the population that eats meat and uses animals to survive??? A made to order platform of superiority over the rest of us base humans no matter how shallow their claim is.

Thanks again for the information Mira, good stuff here.

If this picture doesn't say "brute" what else would?



Clark

Comb your hair , get a shave and grow some muscles , and you to could look like me. And lose the chain or we'll be calling you girly guy.


Never open a door that others can walk through at your expense Clark. You are liable to get teased to no end by this Canuck now.