I wish you guys would stop this childish behavior and just let this thread die.

I care a great deal for animals and when I read in the paper about people like Michael Vick and his dog fighting ring, a turtle that was mutilated, a goose that was beheaded for no apparent reason than for the amusement of the tormentor, it really makes me sick.

Honestly. I can't for the life of me figure out how someone can find pleasure in torturing animals.

Do I think some activists take things to the extreme? Absolutely. But there are a good deal of hardworking people that support causes through volunteering at shelters and animal hospitals and also through peacefully trying to inform the uninformed.

Ken could have just posted the article that he found but he instead decided to take the low road and take a cheap shot at bloosum seemingly much to the delight of some of the other posters on this thread. While I do not agree with what is said in the article (and the article is refuted in the the comments at the bottom of the same page), it does make me curious to learn more about where the soy and vegetables in the products I buy are coming from.

I don't know bloosum but I don't see what the harm is of posting an article on a message board. I think ridiculing him/her and making light of the situations presented is really obtuse of those of you that do. It is this type of behavior the desensitizes people to the violence that is brought on to these animals. It really is not a joke and making a joke out of it seems to validate the behavior of the people who do torture animals. I am not looking for an argument, I just would like people to understand the power of their words and the effect they can have on other people. Thanks.

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