More Animal Rights nutters

danniemcq

Domestic dogs, cats, hamsters or budgerigars should be rebranded as “companion animals” while owners should be known as “human carers”, they insist.

Even terms such as wildlife are dismissed as insulting to the animals concerned – who should instead be known as “free-living”, the academics including an Oxford professor suggest.

The call comes from the editors of then Journal of Animal Ethics, a new academic publication devoted to the issue.

It is edited by the Revd Professor Andrew Linzey, a theologian and director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, who once received an honorary degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury for his work promoting the rights of “God’s sentient creatures”.

In its first editorial, the journal – jointly published by Prof Linzey’s centre and the University of Illinois in the US – condemns the use of terms such as ”critters” and “beasts”.

It argues that “derogatory” language about animals can affect the way that they are treated.

“Despite its prevalence, ‘pets’ is surely a derogatory term both of the animals concerned and their human carers,” the editorial claims.

“Again the word ‘owners’, whilst technically correct in law, harks back to a previous age when animals were regarded as just that: property, machines or things to use without moral constraint.”

It goes on: “We invite authors to use the words ‘free-living’, ‘free-ranging’ or ‘free-roaming’ rather than ‘wild animals’

“For most, ‘wildness’ is synonymous with uncivilised, unrestrained, barbarous existence.

“There is an obvious prejudgment here that should be avoided.”

Prof Linzey and his co-editor Professor Priscilla Cohn, of Penn State University in the US, also hope to see some of the more colourful terms in the English language stamped out.

Phrases such as “sly as a fox, “eat like a pig” or “drunk as a skunk” are all unfair to animals, they claim.

“We shall not be able to think clearly unless we discipline ourselves to use less than partial adjectives in our exploration of animals and our moral relations with them," they say.

More can be found here http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&cf=all&ncl=dQsIMJxO05D257MjlW8HvPDMLnxsM

they are getting more and more like the animal rights groups in South Park.

that better Nevore?

Coriolanus

Hmm. We need a tag system. People need a way to ignore daily mail threads without even opening them

in other news, OP is a ninja editing bastid:(

Lando Griffin

To me animals are described as two things - edible and non edible

danniemcq

Nevore wrote: »

Hmm. We need a tag system. People need a way to ignore daily mail threads without even opening them

but this isn't a daily fail thread! its from somewhere else. but it was mentioned in the Daily Fail but thats outta my control.

If we avoided threads for the reason that they might have been in the Fail along with being in loads of other papers at the same time AH would be a quiter (but probbably nicer) place

*got this from Newstrack India to be honest!

jimthemental

Nevore wrote: »

Hmm. We need a tag system. People need a way to ignore daily mail threads without even opening them

Hmm, I already have a tag system, they're yellow and there's one on each bullock's ears. Handy to know which ones you need the cards for to send off to the factory. Mmmmm steak.....

Itsdacraic

jimthemental wrote: »

Hmm, I already have a tag system, they're yellow and there's one on each bullock's ears. Handy to know which ones you need the cards for to send off to the factory. Mmmmm steak.....

Hmm, I already have a tag system, there's normal people and there's tie dye jumpers to identify smelly crusty animal "rights" fcukers. Handy to know which ones you need the run down in your car.

danniemcq

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Hmm, I already have a tag system, there's normal people and there's tie dye jumpers to identify smelly crusty animal "rights" fcukers. Handy to know which ones you need the run down in your car.

Do it in a prius for that added sense of irony

Dunjohn

In Firefly, prostitutes are known as "companions."

So, no, that won't be happening in this household.

ArtyM

They are right. My dog hates it when I refer to him as a 'pet'. Livid, gets in a huff for hours.

Sunnyisland

They maybe Barking up the wrong tree with this.

mariebeth

I dunno, I think the ones who insist on keeping their cats & dogs on vegetarian diets are worse!

Cú Giobach

mariebeth wrote: »

I dunno, I think the ones who insist on keeping their cats & dogs on vegetarian diets are worse!

Anyone who prevents a cat eating meat will kill it, they need meat and can't survive on a veggie diet.

Lando Griffin

mariebeth wrote: »

I dunno, I think the ones who insist on keeping their cats & dogs on vegetarian diets are worse!

A cat will usually move house if they get better grub elsewhere, they are not loyal to their owner usually taking more than they give, that of course if the cat hasent been neutered then all ambition will be lost to move out and they start piling on the pounds becomming subject to heart disease and depression.

Riddle101

Lando Griffin wrote: »

A cat will usually move house if they get better grub elsewhere, they are not loyal to their owner usually taking more than they give, that of course if the cat hasent been neutered then all ambition will be lost to move out and they start piling on the pounds becomming subject to heart disease and depression.

Sounds like my ex wife.....


lol,Just kidding, I never had a wife

Seriously though, what's wrong with refering to people as being "drunk as a skunk" or "Sly as a fox" they're not insulting at all. Stupid self righteous animal rights groups, I'm all for animal rights but these people are taking the p*ss.

Logical Fallacy

Lando Griffin wrote: »

To me animals are described as two things - edible and non edible

Exactly, the day an animal can beat me at chess is the day it can be called what it wants. Until then it's either a pet or food.

orourkeda

You mean theres something with kicking the dog?

danniemcq

Nevore wrote: »

Hmm. We need a tag system. People need a way to ignore daily mail threads without even opening them

in other news, OP is a ninja editing bastid:(

i know i'm worse than a wild animal!

but i agree with your point though there should be a WARNING DAILY FAIL article, i never noticed the quote from them in the article till after you pointed it out!

Dangerous Man

I didn't even read the article but I can tell you this, I'm now very angry.

Cookie_Monster

“God’s sentient creatures”.

stopped right there...

everyone knows dogs don't believe in God so stop pestering and labelling them