Tag Archives: animals

what indeed

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

What appeal can be made to people whose first instinct, on seeing a beautiful animal, full of joyousness and vitality, is to hunt or eat it? -Henry Salt, Seventy Years Among Savages (1921) Asceticism!  Such is the strange idea with which, … Continue reading →

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Animal activists, stop your use of the word “savage” – and other fine points of language use

Posted on August 21, 2010 by

This has been rolling around and around in my head for a long time, noticing it here and there and well – everywhere – and finally I have to say something about it. Animal activists, stop your use of the … Continue reading →

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