Anti-fur Activist Eat Meat

'I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur' was a widely heard of campaign for making people aware of the cruelty to animals for the purpose of obtaining fur for clothing.

Many who protest this practice are sincere in their desire to protect animals. However, I find it very hypocritical to claim that obtaining fur from animals is more cruel than killing animals for food. As I stated above, "If you are a vegetarian and protest the use of animals for fur, more power to you. I admire your dedication".

Two long-running campaigns are "Here's the rest of your fur coat", and "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur", in which supermodels appeared nude to express their opposition to wearing fur. Singers Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Shirley Manson have posed for this cause. In May 2006, they held a naked protest near St Paul's Cathedral in London to highlight the use of real bear fur in the Bearskins used by the Foot Guards.

PETA severed its relationship with some of the models when they continued to wear fur. In 1997, Naomi Campbell wore a fur coat during a Milan fashion show after appearing in a 'Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur' advertisement. Other models PETA has ended its relationship with are Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford.

PETA has held notable public protests in London and Hong Kong against Burberry's use of fur in some of its products.

How can you condemn my smoking because of second-hand smoke, yet drive in your air-polluting car and work in air-polluting factories?

How can you ban my smoking because it "might" affect your health in ten or twenty years by causing you to breath in second-hand smoke, yet think that it's all right to sit there drinking yourself stupid; then going out and killing me with your car?

How can you think that my smoking is bad for you, yet think that driving down the highway at seventy miles an hour while using your cell phone is harmless?

Is "maybe" dying in ten or twenty years worse than dying immediately?

Talk about being a hypocrite!

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My "retirement" came a few years earlier than I would have liked because they found that I have an inoperatable tumor about the size of a softball in my right pelvic area. They still don't know what to do about it because for now it has quit growing. One of those "leave it alone and see what happens" type things.

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