lSHaDoW-FoXl said:
Firstly, I'm going to go ahead and give everyone some numbers. 30 million animals are killed every year for fur. To clarify; this is some where's around how many people have died of aids since it's discovery. To make a single fur coat, it can take quite a few animals. Now, I'm no taxidermist so I wouldn't happen to know exactly how many it takes, but from what I understand depending on what animal is being killed, it can take up to twenty of them.
OK. So what? Unless you're arguing that these animals have a right to life (in which case you should also oppose leather, which you admittedly don't) the numbers don't matter. It's simply an emotional appeal.
Firstly, let me complain about the fur industry its self. You can never trust a business with ethics
My mom owns a business, which makes this generalization an attack on her character. So, got any evidence that my mom's business practices are unethical?
some places even skin the animals alive.
Unless "some" means "all of them" this is an argument against specific fur farms, and not the industry as a whole. After all, some restaurants will serve food that was dropped on the floor, but that doesn't make the restaurant industry unethical.
And it gets even better. In the past there have been issues where China has been selling fur as faux - fur.
Again, isn't this an argument against specific businesses within the industry, and not the industry itself?
So, basically, they don't just skin animals alive, they're also being completely dishonest about it. They don't care about decency or honesty, they just don't. And with ethics like this, it simply cannot be argued that they don't deserve anyone defending them. There is no moral gray area, absolutely none. The fur industry is vile and it needs to end.
You're generalizing again. You've gone from talking about "some" fur farms, to talking about the entire industry as though the "some" comprises the entire whole. Unless you have evidence of this, you're argument fails (and may also be considered libel, depending on where you are).
And once we end it; I can assure you the world will be a better place. The cure to cancer won't be found and your life will still be meaningless; but at least you can rest your head in knowing that fox plushie you bought for your daughter that loves animals isn't made of those precious animals.
This assumes that I think those animals are precious. If I don't, then this knowledge will not make the world a better place from my perspective.
Now we get to the arguments that defend this awful industry.
You've yet to demonstrate that the industry is awful.
There's 7.7 billion people. And a single one of us causes far greater harm to this planet than any animal.
How do you determine what is harmful to the planet? What does the planet look like when it's healthy?
The reason why fur is such a horrible thing isn't just because of the cruelty involved alone, but because of two other factors.The first of them being that we leave ethics in the hands of business (which is NEVER a good idea)
Another generalization accusing my mom of being unethical because she runs a business.
and the second one being that fur is an anachronism.
Anachronisms are horrible? Really?? Do you also oppose the Society for Creative Anachronisms? I mean they have "anachronism" right in the name.
Fur is wrong because it serves absolutely no purpose.
Making people happy is a purpose. Just because you don't consider it a good purpose doesn't mean it isn't a purpose.
Fur has no reason to exist. Absolutely none.
People like wearing it, and think it looks good or is comfortable. Those are reasons. They don't stop being reasons just because you consider them insufficient.