Originally Posted by james t kirk

Please spare me the condescension.

My opinion has NOT been force fed to me by anyone. It's simply my reaction to seeing animals, intelligent animals, needlessly suffer. It is simply how I react.

There are no absolutes in life (food = ok to kill regardless). Hence the reason I do not agree with killing animals in a barbaric fashion as being justified based on whether it is for food, or fur, or sport.