[Peace-discuss] Now the Animal Lovers are anti-Semites

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

I wouldn't trust that camel-loving crowd any further than I could spit.

On 2011-4-19 21:09, David Green wrote:
> http://www.dailyillini.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/2011/04/18/camel-rides-on-quad-didn-t-align-with-group-s-cause
>
> You won’t see me naked in a cage or strapped to a billboard as a 
> champion for animal rights, but my heart goes out to the camel on the 
> Quad. On April 14, $3 camel rides were offered to as an insight to 
> Israeli culture. According to the217.com <http://www.the217.com/>, 
> “The camel is getting quite the workout — more than 1,500 people are 
> ‘attending’ on Facebook.” The line on the Quad included hundreds of 
> students all eager to ride a single camel. Needless to say, the 
> six-hour riding period was probably not the high point of the camel’s 
> day. Any swing in its step had been lost to the anxieties of laughing 
> students and unfamiliar terrain. Ironically, the event was to benefit 
> The Jerusalem Society for the Protection Against Cruelty to Animals. 
> This begs the question: How much “insight” are students really getting 
> at this animal’s expense? Of 1,500 riders, how many are really 
> thinking about anything more than the quirky Facebook photo they’ll 
> soon be sharing? This event reveals a gross lack of empathy on the 
> part of students and organizers, as well as a disappointing step 
> backwards for its cause.
>
> /Hannah Lindahl,
> /
>
> /freshman in FAA/
>
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