Can online petitions help?
Can they? I wonder. I've received a few emails from friends of mine, asking me to add my name on the PETA petition against China furs. All because of this
link.
I do agree that the video is gross, and that the way the animals were killed, or left to rot, was cruel. But is there a point in leaving my name on that email and passing it on to my friends? Not saying that the people who did that are stupid, but it's just that raising awareness on that matter doesn't help in anything at all. If I want to wear fur, I would wear fur. If I want to eat meat, I would eat meat. If someone showed me a site which shows how animals are slaughtered in the abattoir, I'd still carry on eating all the meat I want to. Similarly, if I love furring myself up, I won't care about what others say, or how the fur is procured. I'd want the end product, and the end product only.
It's good to love and care for animal rights. Therefore, I think that it'd be more acceptable to kill the animals before de-skinning them for all it's worth. It's more humane that way.
But China is known for not giving in to international pressure. Besides, you should blame countries for importing these fur. It's their fault that China carries on with such activities. Demand and supply, yo. Without the demand, the supply would go out of business. Yet people would rather put the fur before the rights of their previous owners. If so, voices from us would become inconsequential. Who cares about what thousands of people think about the business? The only way would be to cut off imports from China, and these activities would cease.
But here's the catch: (I think) China fur is cheaper than other countries. And money comes before animal rights.
I'm not trying to be cynical, but such is the world. Petitions alone can't solve anything. It's good to show that you care, though. But caring won't solve problems, money is always the first priority in this world we're living in.
Never mind. I think I'm cynical. I don't believe that goodwill can solve problems.
Talking about China reminds me of LDW. He was talking about the Tibetan crisis, and how China is always correct.
I don't know the background of Tibet, but based on contextual knowledge (what he said), Tibet was a place of slavery and a lot of bullshit. So China expressed their goodwill in the form of military takeover. Or something substantial enough to bring across the point, just to help them get rid of the poverty cycle.
That's what I learnt in Chinese lessons, how China is always correct, how the Chinese race and language is superior, how bold and great LDW's dick is.
I really love Chinese lessons, thank you.
Speaking of Chinese reminds me of our...remedial session. Went through our mock prelim 2 papers. Quite crappy, it was a full paper, and I did my compositions without a Chinese dictionary. Shocked to say that I only lost like 2marks in my private letter.
I got 10/20. Happy.
Overall, it was crap. Like, C6 or something. Didn't really calculate. A real low C6, too. I think I finally understand why people can fail for Higher Chinese papers. Damn.
Oh, and there's like some Sec4 Cat High spirit. It's like, I went out of the auditorium for breakfast during the going-through-test-paper session, and saw other people doing the same thing. All Sec4s go makan breakfast at the Primary school canteen, and burgers are nice. Hehe. The Chinese students to that too. So fun, I love my school.
I think I'm narcoleptic. I can, like, fall asleep in mid-conversation or something. And it's not like I don't sleep enough, I sleep a lot one lor. Damn. Never mind, I won't die of narcolepsy. I don't drive a car. I'm trying to learn how to sleep as I go, like, go KFC and just sleep there while waiting for food. That's quite cool, maximizing the use of time. I want this ability. Or maybe learn from Luffy, eat while sleeping. But that's an anime, so I can't possibly devise such a technique. I'm jealous.
I tried sleeping for only the commercial breaks of a show. I ended up sleeping for 2hours plus. And I'm still a bit groggy, even though I woke up at like 2145hours.
Would try to sleep earlier. Waking up early tomorrow to go out makan breakfast. I won't bother touching the computer tomorrow. I think. There's nothing for me to touch the computer for.
-- 5/03/2008 11:29:00 PM
