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Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

Tony Rickar

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Tony Rickar » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:25:37


> I heard that Spooky actually starved to death. It really was not the
> West's fault. They fully intended to feed him. They told him on
> numerous occasions that they would, but things just never seemed to
> work out. It seems that every time they finally decided on a specific
> food to administer to him, they found another, better, more nutritious
> food that they then had to investigate and research. A sad story,
> really.

I'm not sure. My guess is the the actual food was only in an early
development stage and not yet edible, even to a small group of cats for
testing. However, all the major development work went into the design of the
tin in which the food would be packaged. The next phase was to design a
transporter for the tins.

Delighted with progress they returned to work on the recipe only to find
that existing production was incapable of processing the food before the
ingredients had gone off. The finishing touches were added to the
transporter whilst waiting for technological developments in food processing
hardware.

Meanwhile Spooky being fairly computer savvy managed to order some tins of
salmon using one of the guys' credit cards left lying around. Unfortunately
as none of the Wests were called Jonathan the shipment was turned away
leaving the poor cat to starve.

David G Fishe

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by David G Fishe » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:38:19


I'm a "veggie". Don't like it? Too bad.

I also created an organization which (among other things) shows people the
nightmarish lives and horrific deaths that 25 billion animals suffer through
each year in the U.S. on factory farms, using video and still images from
inside those torture chambers.

People sometimes vomit on themselves when they see the truth, and realize
that they are responsible.

Coming soon to a state, city, town, ball game near you.
--
David G Fisher

Mitch_

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Mitch_ » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:54:38

Good for you Dave (and all the other vegans) but Imp a carnivore and aunt no
movie ever gonna change that.  Rabbit food is just that...

I make my own personal decisions period and don't need anyone else pushing
their views on me and others.  This is what Mike Moore and Joseph Goebles
do/did and I don't buy that sorta propaganda.

Regular guys like me are being pushed from every side already and we sure
don't need any more.  Cigs, Gays, SUV's, they tried and failed with ***,
whats next?  Outlaw McDonalds?  That's when we'll see a revolution :)

Man, you sure you're not from California?

Mitch





> > Ban people for poking fun at a dead cat ? You must be a real gas to hang
> out
> > with.
> >  You a veggie, or do you cry when you eat a chicken salad sandwich ?
> >  Lighten up, Francis.

> I'm a "veggie". Don't like it? Too bad.

> I also created an organization which (among other things) shows people the
> nightmarish lives and horrific deaths that 25 billion animals suffer
through
> each year in the U.S. on factory farms, using video and still images from
> inside those torture chambers.

> People sometimes vomit on themselves when they see the truth, and realize
> that they are responsible.

> Coming soon to a state, city, town, ball game near you.
> --
> David G Fisher

David G Fishe

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by David G Fishe » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:14:04

We don't push our views on anyone. As a matter of fact, the policy I decided
on is to not even bother with words (debate) because it's generally a waste
of time. We really don't need to say a word. The videos show the truth, and
it's more important to get these videos in front of millions of eyes than to
waste time debating facts with a tiny % of people who won't ever admit to
the truth, no matter what the facts are. There's always been people like
that, and there always will be. Genetic defect I guess. :-) I won't even
waste five minutes debating with those types of people. I just let them yell
at the images like some kind of maniac. :-) You should see them, it's really
very funny actually.

As I said, we don't push anything on people. We show the videos in a "big
way" in the most prominent of places, but someone can simply turn their
heads a few degrees and look away if they don't want to watch. We are just
giving those who do want to see the truth that's been carefully hidden from
them throughout their entire lives, a way to do so. There's certainly
nothing wrong with that. Uncovering the truth/facts on any topic, and making
them available, is the most important thing someone can do.

There are a bunch of scumbags who both individually and through corporations
are making a ton of money by doing things to animals which are horriffic.
They only get away with it is because they hide it behind walls. We try to
make those walls transparent. They get away with it because of the lying
scumbags we have in our government who sponsor it. Corporations have spent
hundreds of billions over decades brainwashing people (making sure that
brainwashing occurs during their childhood btw), with carefully constructed,
cute, funny commercials and adverti***ts. We show men, women and children
the hard truth (as awful as it is) with videos and still pictures from
inside those hell chambers that can't be debated. Pure truth and nothing
more. The meat industry are the ones (among others) are the one's who've
been "pushing" on you, and have been for decades.

The overwhelming majority feel upset, angry and say "I had no idea" after
seeing these videos. That's why we plan on being all over the country and as
visible as possible very soon.

Just turn your heads if you have a sensitive stomach, and have trouble with
truth/reality. :-)

--
David G Fisher


> Good for you Dave (and all the other vegans) but Imp a carnivore and aunt
no
> movie ever gonna change that.  Rabbit food is just that...

> I make my own personal decisions period and don't need anyone else pushing
> their views on me and others.  This is what Mike Moore and Joseph Goebles
> do/did and I don't buy that sorta propaganda.

> Regular guys like me are being pushed from every side already and we sure
> don't need any more.  Cigs, Gays, SUV's, they tried and failed with
***,
> whats next?  Outlaw McDonalds?  That's when we'll see a revolution :)

> Man, you sure you're not from California?

> Mitch





> > > Ban people for poking fun at a dead cat ? You must be a real gas to
hang
> > out
> > > with.
> > >  You a veggie, or do you cry when you eat a chicken salad sandwich ?
> > >  Lighten up, Francis.

> > I'm a "veggie". Don't like it? Too bad.

> > I also created an organization which (among other things) shows people
the
> > nightmarish lives and horrific deaths that 25 billion animals suffer
> through
> > each year in the U.S. on factory farms, using video and still images
from
> > inside those torture chambers.

> > People sometimes vomit on themselves when they see the truth, and
realize
> > that they are responsible.

> > Coming soon to a state, city, town, ball game near you.
> > --
> > David G Fisher

GMpartsgu

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by GMpartsgu » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:37:55

Where did i say i had a problem with vegetarians, Davy ?
 Sarcasm is a form of expression, not a life decision, such as vegans or the
gay/*** thing. Life is short, and i dont have time to wonder what
***ing path everyone is walking. If i offended, im sorry. But the truth is,
i couldnt care if folks eat trees, beavers, or stardust.
 I wont bore you with what goals i have in life, because i know you're to
busy to care for the most part what the hell everyone else thinks as well.
Or i should hope so anyway.
 I dont know you, so i dont know why you picked me for this lovely diatribe.
I wasnt addressing you, so i'm twice as stumped here...
 So, to pass on the same good advice as Simpy there: Lighten up, Francis...
Stephen Ferguso

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Stephen Ferguso » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:12:05


Ramble coming...

It might not change you from meat eater to vegetarian, but it might change
your purchasing decisions (or not).  Industrial farming is a much deeper
problem than "simply" causing grief for the animals.  It is rather quickly
eroding our ability to have sustainable crop production (the "our" being a
collective, global term, as problems range from drying out underground
aquefiers in Texas to salinating topsoil in Australia).  I'm a meat eater,
but I buy my meat from a local farmer, and I know how he treats his animals
and I know how he works his crops.  I pay more for it, but it's simply a
conscious decision to support those who are working to improve the
situation.  If I did not have a local farmer (if I lived in a city for
example) I could still buy organic-labelled food which guarantees the
producer follows certain standards for animal care and for crop use.  My
parents' heads spin when they visit us and see that we pay anywhere up to
200% more for meat compared to Canada, but one can turn the argument around
and ask if it's really so wise to support an agricultural system which
artificially presses prices down and sells chicken for pennies a pound.
Everyone loses with this system; the farmers, the consumers (hormones,
sub-standard quality) and the nation.

The only reason I made the decision to switch my buying habits was because
of reading a few books like "Diet for a Small Planet", or seeing
documentaries about agricultural practices which I didn't know about.
There's a fine line between someone "pushing their views on me and others"
and educating.  A little education is a good thing, and it would be helpful
if everyone could think outside the box and look beyond the styropore tray.
Again, it's not about a m***decision to eat meat or not, it's just about
following the logical thread of one's actions to the end point.

Stephen

Andrew MacPhers

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Andrew MacPhers » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:29:00



> It might not change you from meat eater to vegetarian, but it might
> change your purchasing decisions (or not)

That's it. I have no objection to people (including myself) eating meat,
but the way it's reared and slaughtered is usually shameful. I buy meat
occasionally as a "treat", and when I do I try my best to buy from a
supplier that at least claims to be trying to look after their stock. The
trouble is such stock is often slaughtered in exactly the same way as the
mass market meat (due to legislation which tries to protect us from
health rather than animal welfare issues).

It's easy to say there are bigger issues to worry about than this, but
when a morally corrupt way of life is built into society I think it
affects us all in one way or another, whether that BSE, stress hormones in
our meat, or just the shame in the eyes of our kids when they find out
what we've been feeding them.

Messy subject really. Which is why it's easy for most folk to ignore it
completely... like all difficult subjects I suppose.

Andrew McP

Bill Bollinge

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Bill Bollinge » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:47:30

David, do you also support ***?



> We don't push our views on anyone. As a matter of fact, the policy I
decided
> on is to not even bother with words (debate) because it's generally a
waste
> of time. We really don't need to say a word. The videos show the truth,
and
> it's more important to get these videos in front of millions of eyes than
to
> waste time debating facts with a tiny % of people who won't ever admit to
> the truth, no matter what the facts are. There's always been people like
> that, and there always will be. Genetic defect I guess. :-) I won't even
> waste five minutes debating with those types of people. I just let them
yell
> at the images like some kind of maniac. :-) You should see them, it's
really
> very funny actually.

> As I said, we don't push anything on people. We show the videos in a "big
> way" in the most prominent of places, but someone can simply turn their
> heads a few degrees and look away if they don't want to watch. We are just
> giving those who do want to see the truth that's been carefully hidden
from
> them throughout their entire lives, a way to do so. There's certainly
> nothing wrong with that. Uncovering the truth/facts on any topic, and
making
> them available, is the most important thing someone can do.

> There are a bunch of scumbags who both individually and through
corporations
> are making a ton of money by doing things to animals which are horriffic.
> They only get away with it is because they hide it behind walls. We try to
> make those walls transparent. They get away with it because of the lying
> scumbags we have in our government who sponsor it. Corporations have spent
> hundreds of billions over decades brainwashing people (making sure that
> brainwashing occurs during their childhood btw), with carefully
constructed,
> cute, funny commercials and adverti***ts. We show men, women and
children
> the hard truth (as awful as it is) with videos and still pictures from
> inside those hell chambers that can't be debated. Pure truth and nothing
> more. The meat industry are the ones (among others) are the one's who've
> been "pushing" on you, and have been for decades.

> The overwhelming majority feel upset, angry and say "I had no idea" after
> seeing these videos. That's why we plan on being all over the country and
as
> visible as possible very soon.

> Just turn your heads if you have a sensitive stomach, and have trouble
with
> truth/reality. :-)

> --
> David G Fisher



> > Good for you Dave (and all the other vegans) but Imp a carnivore and
aunt
> no
> > movie ever gonna change that.  Rabbit food is just that...

> > I make my own personal decisions period and don't need anyone else
pushing
> > their views on me and others.  This is what Mike Moore and Joseph
Goebles
> > do/did and I don't buy that sorta propaganda.

> > Regular guys like me are being pushed from every side already and we
sure
> > don't need any more.  Cigs, Gays, SUV's, they tried and failed with
> ***,
> > whats next?  Outlaw McDonalds?  That's when we'll see a revolution :)

> > Man, you sure you're not from California?

> > Mitch





> > > > Ban people for poking fun at a dead cat ? You must be a real gas to
> hang
> > > out
> > > > with.
> > > >  You a veggie, or do you cry when you eat a chicken salad sandwich ?
> > > >  Lighten up, Francis.

> > > I'm a "veggie". Don't like it? Too bad.

> > > I also created an organization which (among other things) shows people
> the
> > > nightmarish lives and horrific deaths that 25 billion animals suffer
> > through
> > > each year in the U.S. on factory farms, using video and still images
> from
> > > inside those torture chambers.

> > > People sometimes vomit on themselves when they see the truth, and
> realize
> > > that they are responsible.

> > > Coming soon to a state, city, town, ball game near you.
> > > --
> > > David G Fisher

Uwe Sch??rkam

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Uwe Sch??rkam » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:17:37


> The only reason I made the decision to switch my buying habits was because
> of reading a few books like "Diet for a Small Planet", or seeing
> documentaries about agricultural practices which I didn't know about.

Hi Stephen,

thanks for your interesting post. May I suggest Dan Quinn's book
"Ishmael" to you? He has some very interesting ideas just how
totalitarian agriculture brought us were we are right now ("us" being
the global taker culture as he puts it to which 99.999 of all humans
belong to at the moment).

Some of his stuff can be had online at http://www.ishmael.org/

Cheers,
Uwe

--
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simps

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by simps » Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:42:37

Francis?  I don't get it.  Anyway, I agree that the sentiment of
banning is over the top, but kicking the Wests over their dead cat
still seems abusive.  It seems to me that partsguy might need to
lighten up too.

I think that animals don't have the same level of mental processes as
humans, and too often we unfairly project how we as humans would feel
if we were in their shoes when they suffer.  Still, pets are dear
family members to some and their deaths effect the family.  Respect
that.  Or don't.  Your call.


> Where did i say i had a problem with vegetarians, Davy ?
>  Sarcasm is a form of expression, not a life decision, such as vegans or the
> gay/*** thing. Life is short, and i dont have time to wonder what
> ***ing path everyone is walking. If i offended, im sorry. But the truth is,
> i couldnt care if folks eat trees, beavers, or stardust.
>  I wont bore you with what goals i have in life, because i know you're to
> busy to care for the most part what the hell everyone else thinks as well.
> Or i should hope so anyway.
>  I dont know you, so i dont know why you picked me for this lovely diatribe.
> I wasnt addressing you, so i'm twice as stumped here...
>  So, to pass on the same good advice as Simpy there: Lighten up, Francis...

Mar

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Mar » Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:36:06


> Regular guys like me are being pushed from every side already and we sure
> don't need any more.  Cigs, Gays, SUV's, they tried and failed with ***,
> whats next?  Outlaw McDonalds?  That's when we'll see a revolution :)

You're kidding, right?

You trying to tell me that it's a *bad* thing to know that cigarettes
are bad for you?  And what's the "gay" inclusion about?  You
homophobic?  Not comfortable enough with your own ***lity to live
and let live...?

Head in the sand.  That's the answer...

Mitch_

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Mitch_ » Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54:13

Its not bad to "know" but it is bad when it's forced upon you.  If you
disagree fine, but don't punish me because someone else doesn't like it.  I
don't smoke and Im not a homophobe but the last thing we need is someone
"legislating" whether I should or shouldnt.  It's my choice to act based on
my OWN opinion.  My point here is our so-called freedom is being eroded from
every direction already and this could turn out to be just another nail in
the coffin of true choice/freedom.

Mitch



William Bradsha

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by William Bradsha » Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:37:19


> Francis?  I don't get it.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083131/

:)

-Will

Larr

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Larr » Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:12:50

I've lost two Golden Retrievers so far in my life, and I had to take off
work both times.

-Larry



> > Pretty poor taste of you guys.  I'm sure that the cat was considered a
> > family member.  Remember that the next time a relative of yours dies
> > and people poke fun at you, no matter what your shortcomings are.

> Actually, on second thought, I can well relate. Our cat lucy died a
> couple of years ago, and both my son and me cried like babies when we
> took her from the pet doc who'd help her pass on to the other side,
> then burying her in my in-law's garden (they say cat's graves make for
> great roses). I even put up an obituary (now, did I spell that
> correctly?) at http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> But still, whenever I feel sorry about the death of a cat, I remind
> myself of the many creatures she / he has put to death in the most
> cruelly, even playsome, kind of way, leaving them for us to finish off
> without so much as a glance to the side when she walked past. How does
> it feel to kill a little bird fallen from its nest by putting a ***y
> spade through its neck? Have you ever watched those tiny wings
> fluttering when death cometh?

> You know, sometimes it's everybody's turn, be it bird, mouse, cat or
> human. There comes a time when it's time to give back to the community
> of life on this planet, which you have eaten through without doing so
> much as thinking about it, for all your life.

> I attended a funeral today of a relative (not cat), so these thoughts
> are in my head at the moment.

> Cheers,

> uwe

> --
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> Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.racesimcentral.net/
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Larr

Almost a year since Spooky was killed !

by Larr » Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:13:51

Gee, Dave.  We've ALWAYS known that :)

-Larry




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