>>The only thing that gets people is that the animal is killed untimely to get its flesh.<<

good point, clinton. there should be more tanneries where they just wait for the animals to die. it would take a while to see a profit, but once things got going, there'd always be enough. really, it would just be a matter of waiting out that first generation.

slightly less patient leather companies could at least start working with road kill.

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quite succinct, my props to yall for yer decisive analysis.

perhaps not yet mentioned is the fact that so many people are currently consuming meat as food that to neglect using the byproduct skin is to further disrespect the life of the animal that was raised and killed to be eaten.

and on that, perhaps we should be taking into account that it is unlikely that dead things suffer. That it is perhaps more important how the animal lives it's life that should determine the moral value of the exchange.

As everyone gets more hungry I suspect all of the life that is grown for skin will be eaten as well.

"unfortunately, being shrill and strident just makes people think we're retarded."

This may be the undoing of some of the greatest thinkers of our generation. As a friend of mine recently said in a speech, those who can be convinced by logic have been convinced, we must now seek to convince those who are more motivated by 'cool', 'hip', and lifestyle.

tragic but true.

rock on yos!