03-20-2012, 02:36 PM
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Steve Byk
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Greenwich, NY
Posts: 44,310
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New Republic's David Thomson: "Should Horses Be Sacrificed for Art?"
Strong piece that sneers at the animal-rightists..
David Thomson on Films: Should Horses Be Sacrificed For Art?
And I am sorry for the horses, and for every other animal regularly dispatched for our lifestyle and well-being, whether they like it or not. But that soft-heartedness wants to stop so much—fox-hunting, bullfighting, boxing, football, smoking, and roast lamb. Those things are all dangerous and suspect and exploitative—just like life, where such things as institutional fraud, international famine and slaughter, and ordinary human error run free.
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