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2010-03-08 Europe

Swiss voters reject lawyers for animals in referendum

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Posted by Steve White 2010-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Meanwhile, back at the Monkey Bar...

Posted by tu3031 2010-03-08 00:06|| 2010-03-08 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 I say go for it only if the lawyers get paid in kibble.

Posted by ed 2010-03-08 01:05|| 2010-03-08 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Good Link tu3031, funny stuff. If you run into any problem with your crew, send them to my lawyer,

Posted by Zenobia Snomble4749 2010-03-08 02:05|| 2010-03-08 02:05|| Front Page Top

#4 "People accused of animal cruelty very often hire lawyers to defend themselves. Why shouldn't someone speak for the animal as well? It's about ~~fairness and defending a minority~~ $$$$$$."

Posted by Shineng Ebbolush2214 2010-03-08 02:46|| 2010-03-08 02:46|| Front Page Top

#5 There is a line in the film "The Third Man" where Orson Wells character says (loosely from my memory) "... the swiss had 500 years of democracy and all they managed was the cuckoo clock". Well at least the Cuckoo part was spot on.

Posted by JimK 2010-03-08 09:11|| 2010-03-08 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Does anyone remember the movie set in Medieval France, The Advocate? They had a lawyer arguing for a cow.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2010-03-08 09:28|| 2010-03-08 09:28|| Front Page Top

#7 In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed - but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-03-08 09:30|| 2010-03-08 09:30|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't know in art but for technology Sswizerland is, relative to the numbers of inhabitants, one of the two powerhouses for technological innovation just behind Israel.

So you could tell that the Italians had the Borgias and weren't able to invent a fricking clock who tell "Cuckoo".

Posted by JFM 2010-03-08 10:59|| 2010-03-08 10:59|| Front Page Top

#9 If the Swiss continued this nonsense, eventually everyone would have to become a vegan. Which would kill the entire animal farming industry - cows, beef, pigs, pork and so on.
No problem - everyone would be "healthier".
Of course, since they have already changed their constitution to protect the "dignity" of plant life, eventually they would probably extend that to protect the lives of all plants. Eating plants would become a crime.
Of course, if you can't eat meat (or eggs or milk), and you can't eat plants, what are you supposed to do? Eat rocks and dirt(which would probably next on the list of things to be protected)?
I suppose the Swiss would then try to require people to develop personal photosynthesis.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-03-08 17:32|| 2010-03-08 17:32|| Front Page Top

#10 "if you can't eat meat (or eggs or milk), and you can't eat plants, what are you supposed to do?

The Swiss could ask the NorKs for tips, Rambler. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-08 19:14|| 2010-03-08 19:14|| Front Page Top

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