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Show Pap.e A18 Thursday, March 1, 1990 Park Record , .. ... ... . .... . . . - - w mi i urn II iiiiiiiN.ini mi uni-i r-inni i. 1.111,1-..ir iiin.'.i inm 1 1 11.1111 1111 111 11111 in 1 1 n 1111 - 1. 11 1 mi mirin mm 1 in .1 ..M-,-Jtifcaw,1,. . .aK,mm-.m-.mimmtm. "' '' " " ' '?: .MMm Friends with fur coats by JUSTIN HENNEY : I went on a romp the other night with two of my favorite friends and it was great. We wrestled, jumped in snow drifts, barked at one another, and had an altogether exceptional evening. These friends, Buckaroo and Babe, are unique only because they have thick beautiful coats of fur and don't talk much. While hiding from Buck in a large snowdrift, an eerie realization came to me. What if these two stupendous companions were prey for some demented human who had a gun to shoot with and club to finish my dogs off? This thought should have been extremely deviant, but unfortunately for many animals it is reality. I love my animals as I love all others and the only difference between my friends and the steel jaw trap of torture and death is the wild. Wild animals are just as attractive and sensitive to pain as those we call pets. I would be devastated if someone came and clubbed my dear friends to death because they liked the looks of their coats and thought they would sell well. An animal holocaust is legally being carried out at this moment mo-ment and has been for many years. Is money really real-ly a justifiable reason for the slaughter of millions of beautiful creatures? I heard a fur seller (the Furor) get very defensive defen-sive the other day when asked by a resident how he felt regarding the dissension over the selling of furs in Park City and other cities. His over-reaction over-reaction to what I perceived as a non-threatening question was humorous to me. The apparent guilt this man conveyed was almost palpable. He rattled off the best defenses, he had obviously studied, and they went something like this: "Do you wear leather shoes? Well, then how do you justify that? You know, pioneers of the West started trapping and using furs hundreds of years ago for survival. People who disparage the fur industry and buy fabricated fur are contributing to environmental pollution because of the ingredients used in producing these synthetic furs." The more I listened to this man the weaker I As I See Hit thought his argument in favor of furs became. I kept thinking of the old maxim my mother and various school teachers frequently told me "two wrongs don't make a right." This man was trying to convince himself that somehow, possibly if he got enough people to admit to wearing leather shoes then that might just negate the huge wrong he was committing by being in the fur business. He was also practicing another familiar adage-misery adage-misery loves company. The more accomplices in an animals death, the better he would feel. It is a strange twist of psychology, but a common one at that. The one valid point in this man's somewhat pathetic defense of the fur business was what he said about synthetic furs and polluting our environment. en-vironment. However, even here he put forth his two wrongs do make a right theme. He seemed to believe that violating an animals right to live and live with skin on his back was much less severe that polluting the atmosphere by way of artificial furs. Pointing out the long history of fur trapping does not mitigate the injustice of its practice in our present day, either. Never has a business concept been so devoid of compassion and disgusted me more than the fur trade. I do not feel animosity toward those people involved in the fur business, only wish they did not lack the important mental faculties which heighten a persons sensitivity toward animals and their feelings. "As I See It" is the guest column of The Park Record and is a forum open to anyone who wishes to share an opinion or feeling. Opinions printed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Park Record. We ask that you keep your thoughts to two-and-a-half typed pages and include nothing scandalous or libelous. Snow much fun! i it. l" " .V ' ' . 4 b V' 4 got tfodf Vmttobrt 1k GOOD OLT PAYS wKelA VAZVZ. a 1 r HOBvvBa .- of TWO WEEKS ) Sj 3 .1 f ' I t J. - I Y M 1, 1 I I I r. 1 u Hem. f r Last weekend snow and ice sculptures appeared on Main Street and in the field between the high school and the middle school. Ski boots, frogs, and fast cars all came to life in the annual an-nual rite of winter. LI KLLi UUJr LLjriJ5UJLly It is National Peanut Butter Appreciation Week. How are you going to celebrate it? 1 h r i ' ' run iini 1 - - -I- - mmWrr- s J 7 ! Anthony Pellegrino visitor from New York I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, so I'm going go-ing to eat them for dinner. . Retha Underwood visitor from Orlando, Fla. v 1 r J 1 T E 1 "USsaKiW- 1 Vwa tv- r fj mil 4 -4 ' ' Ji If Angela Mann Josh Rudy visitor from Ft. Lauderdale, Park City student T j. , . ., lama peanut butter lover chLft 1 vi' W-aS- i and I likfto eat a banana, should have bought a jar of butter and jeUy on a Skippy chunky when I was at tdog roU. I think I'll have the store. I'm going to eat a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Chris Moran visitor from New York I hate peanut butter. Scott Witt visitor from New York First I'm going to make sure they have peanut butter on our flight home to New York. to eat one of those tomorrow. |