Earth consented....
Funny.
I can't comment on the California issue, as I don't know anything about it.
But I think we're both in agreement that PETA are head cases (as we say in Ireland).
Honestly, I find it disappointing and depressing that Conservatives... sorry, conservatives, use the actions of extremists to justify not supporting environmentalism. It's all about putting profit over sustainability and ensuring the quick buck as opposed to keeping people and the planet healthy and retaining some of its beauty.
Sometimes, just sometimes, it's
good to pass over the ability to make maximum profits when it would cause longer term problems.
Consider this analogy. I live in a house. I could go outside and dig up all the plants and rose bushes in my garden and sell them at the flea-market down the road. I would make some money, but my garden would be destroyed.
I could rip off the roof tiles and strip out all the copper wiring and sell them both at the flea-market. But this would also make my house less healthy, less pleasant to live in.
Poor analogy, but the idea being that we shouldn't always think in a short-term profit focussed manner. Put another way, what's
wrong with protecting the environment, the few remaining wildernesses?
Mr Mephisto