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Re: Swiss To Decide Whether Animals Need Lawyers

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I will continue to eat meat, and I will continue to support the protection of the rights of animals
I appreciate your sentiment. I once knew a vegetarian who had leather upholstery in his carl. I didn't understand that at all.

I personally think that anyone who wants to eat meat should have to kill an animal and prepare it themselves, at least once. Then they might appreciate the meat they eat a little more...
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There was no benefit to anyone voting no Sunday. This wasn't going to necessarily cost anyone a buck more to look after animal rights if there had been a yes. The no vote was pure laziness and I would imagine an issue that most Swiss voters felt apathy towards. We had a few flyers stuck through the door from the local animal centers, but otherwise it was an anonymous referendum campaign.
What an odd statement.

There was also no benefit to anyone voting yes on Sunday either.
Off course it was going to cost somebody something. I certainly haven't come accross solicitors working for nothing as yet;infact there costs are astronimcal for what they appear to give in my opinion and seem to work on the basis that they have qualifications and can therefore justify their fees.

The amount of effort to vote NO or YES was exactly the same unless you mean that YES has three letters and NO has only two letters.
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What an odd statement.

There was also no benefit to anyone voting yes on Sunday either.
Off course it was going to cost somebody something. I certainly haven't come accross solicitors working for nothing as yet;infact there costs are astronimcal for what they appear to give in my opinion and seem to work on the basis that they have qualifications and can therefore justify their fees.

The amount of effort to vote NO or YES was exactly the same unless you mean that YES has three letters and NO has only two letters.
Let me reiterate then. As 90x% of the population isn't about to be affected by animal legal rights, they weren't bothered to vote yes and as we all know, voters tend to be conservative here and lean towards no in the first instance. Legal fees created by one party taking issue with another will of course affect the losing side, but again that's not going to affect Joe Public. Unless you actually keep animals in lousy conditions and have gotten away with it for years, the result of this referendum was not going to be a big deal for you. Hope that clears up the previous statement.
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No, but I recall the "Hitchhiker's Guide" movie and humans were ranked below mice in the evolutionary scale.
The Hour of the Pig is set in 15th-century France and is based upon the career and case files of Bartholomew Chassenee, an actual lawyer of the time who served as an advocate for animals who were accused of crimes.

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