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" What`s that you say? Brigitte Bardot is a member of the FN? Oh, well then,

leave me please to be beaten to death, as you`re a liberal. "

 

" Qu`est-ce que vous dites? BB est membre du FN ? O alors, laissez-moi à etre

battu à mort, car il faut etre libéral. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm sending this only to the Planet-Vegan mailing list (through which I

received Anthony's message) and to the UK Vegan Society (to which Anthony

also sent his message, and of which I am a member).

 

Anthony Walker wrote:

> " What`s that you say? Brigitte Bardot is a member of the FN? Oh, well

>then, leave me please to be beaten to death, as you`re a liberal. "

>

> " Qu`est-ce que vous dites? BB est membre du FN ? O alors, laissez-moi à

>etre battu à mort, car il faut etre libéral. "

 

There are many good reasons to oppose Korean treatment of dogs, yet not to

do so via Brigitte Bardot's petition. The choice is not between doing

nothing, and taking action through Brigitte Bardot. I would urge list

members independently to write a short letter of protest. The letter does

not have to be long. Just one line is effective (arguably, more effective

than a signature on a petition). For a list of addresses, see the following

URL. I'm not associated with koreananimals.org in any way (I found them by

searching on Google).

 

http://www.koreananimals.org/help.htm#write

 

Here are the two main reasons why I choose not to ally myself with Brigitte

Bardot:

 

1. If there is large-scale political support for a person who supports

far-right causes, this gives them greater political credibility. By

extension, the other causes they support are also legitimized. I will not

take action that legitimizes fascism.

 

2. By associating with the far-right, one allows one's political opponents

to portray one as a fellow-traveller with the far-right. Imagine what would

happen if a large proportion of vegans supported Brigitte Bardot's

campaign. Our opponents would find it easy to (wrongly) portray the vegan

movement as being allied with the far-right.

 

Anthony, I don't believe that someone who opposes fascists is necessarily a

liberal, whichever definition of 'liberal' is intended. If you mean liberal

as opposed to conservative, I know many conservatives who oppose fascism.

Conservatism is not fascism.

 

Gerry