Glass Slide Wrote:
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> The Stones do donate to charities--they gave 1
> million dollars to Katrina--which is a nice
> gesture they did not have to do. The flip side is
> they made 155 million dollars last yr ALONE
> (according to Forbes) and consequently, that
> donation represented .75 of one percent of their
> earnings which, well, it is what is......
yes, and we'll assume they donate more privately...they are my hedonistic pleasure too - i "should be" giving the money (or should i say credit card money) that i spend on the stones to a hundred different organizations. i rationalize it by the on-the-street type of activism i do (it's more fufilling for me to do the work sometimes, whereas others would rather cut a check). i "should be" going to africa to work with orphan chimpanzee infants this summer but instead i will dig more debt and go to europe.
i will be going to texas in a few weeks to volunteer at a chimp sanctuary that's in a huge mess:
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> The rest. I am not sure about....does a race horse
> owner exploit the horse?
i know exploit is a strong word and almost excused it before - i just mean "make use of"
I do not know, perhaps. I
> know nothing, really about the industry, so I will
> not offer an opinion. I do know that these horses
> are incredibly pampered, get the best of care,
> food, medical attention etc, so I personally, feel
> far worse for the kittens abandoned in a wagon
> than I do for a race horse. But everyone is,
> obviously, entitled to view this through their own
> prism.
yes, the kittens...and thanks for the comment on the youtube video, btw!...it's all on a continuum of course. the kittens were definitely worse off - their predicament was human created because someone was negligent and didn't spay/neuter. i am happy to say that they're pampered now though (and out of control!)