Animal Liberation Front

[A Norfolk Boy]

Listening to interview on R4 the other day and spokesman for the ALF could not deny that shooting and fishing were on the radar now that foxhunting is banned (strangely, you can still hunt rabbits.....). The Green Party has also said that it would initially seek a voluntary ban on fishing. This summer, somewhere in the southwest, The Lobster Liberation Front (I kid you not) recently smashed up a fishermans boat and boatshed to the tune of £10K. There have also been cases of lone fishermen being attacked. I'm not spreading scare stories, but in a few years or a couple of decades you may look back and remember hearing of what may seem today, to be a ridiculous notion. Logic, bear in mind, does not come into the equation.

 

Is this undue paranoia, or has anybody else encountered this?

[Huge_Vitae]

I saw the article about the pot fisherman onh the Telly.

 

Quite true........

 

His stuff was smashed to pieces and he has been assaulted.

[Leon Roskilly]

An Animal Right's spokesperson on Radio4's 'The Battle for Influence' last Thursday said that they wanted to get the UK population down to about 6 million so that the animals weren't so crowded out!!

 

Listen Again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/rams/thu2002.ram

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Huge_Vitae]

It's going to get worse now...........

 

The Devil finds work for Idle Hands.......

 

America

 

or

 

Home from the activista point

 

or

 

Home from the Fishermans POV

[keith 405]

it was in 1 of the papers today about banning fish and chips . PETA people for ethical treatment of animals but it says cod,haddockand plaice are all intelligent and feel pain and distress when caught

[Leon Roskilly]

keith 405:

PETA people for ethical treatment of animals but it says cod,haddockand plaice are all intelligent and feel pain and distress when caught

see:

 

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/199991_fish17.html

 

TL - leon

[Guest jay_con]

Now the toffs cant hunt foxes perhaps they could hunt smelly people who want to ban fish and chips. Just a suggestion but it would give the hounds some exercise.

[arthurcodsbody]

I'm sorry but please.... fish are stupid they have 2 things on their brains feeding'n'breeding now I dont condone and will not tolorate cruelty or unnecesary suffering to any animal but to try and class fish as an intelligent animal is going a bit far, a well handled, quickly disgorged fish will suffer no long term effects to its feeding'n'breeding priorities

[Vagabond]

Leon Roskilly:

An Animal Right's spokesperson........ said that they wanted to get the UK population down to about 6 million so that the animals weren't so crowded out!!

Yep, as I've said many times, their mind-set is not loving animals, its hating people.

 

When they collect money on the streets from daft old ladies against "vivisection", they should be obliged to give a health warning. "We are against testing new drugs on animals - test them on NHS patients instead"

 

I wonder what that would do to their income?

[FearTheHands]

Isn't this posted in the wrong forum ? Surely this should be in the "Non Fishing Chat" section?

 

Post your political views in there & keep this forum for chat about sea fishing instead