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IF POLITICS IS A DIRTY GAME, then environmental
politics must be about the filthiest area of endeavor there is. For where
else can one find so many people posturing as caring, responsible citizens,
but with so little regard for principles or rational debate? |
The people I refer to could be described
as radical, unprincipled, vegetarian, wildlife activists. But let us
dispense with that mouthful, and call them instead Vegetarians
International Voice for Animals.
Vegetarians International is a UK-based outfit that could teach a Mafia Don
a thing or two about lying with a straight face. "Why you kill zees
animal?" you can almost hear them say. "It is zee last one, and
besides, eet poison you and eet very smart lika Einstein." All of
which makes being on the wrong end of a Vegetarians International campaign
a galling experience, as Australia's kangaroo industry has been finding
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When Vegetarians
International declared war on the roo industry, all but one UK newspaper
had the sense to look away. Only the raunchy tabloid News of the
World ran the story, saying much about the credibility of both |
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