Comments on: A Matilde Mission Update

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:58:44 +0000

Erica, email me off line and I can give you more info. and put you in touch with some folks to work with.

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:39:21 +0000

Grr!! I just found out that the breeder I bought my chinny from is a member of MCBA (and what MCBA is) and I am *so very, very, very* angry. How could someone name and love them and then be involved with crap like that. Very, very angry.

Anyhoo… I wish I could donate (but alas, I am a poor student). I live in Madison, WI– I have an extra cage that would be ok for a baby chin for a little while if someone wants it. When I have a house, I would be happy to be a foster mom (so if that’s part of your thing… let me know).

There’s a rescue in Peawaukee, WI. Is it on the up and up?

By: The Gonzman

The Gonzman — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:53:39 +0000

That’s your privilege; it’s one of the reasons, though, that I never donate to any environmental causes - when I find people who equivocate on terrorist groups, they aren’t getting any of my money.

ALF and ELF are terrorist groups. They commit terrorism. No matter how noble their cause, once they cross that line they become one of the bad guys. Same thing goes for people like Operation Rescue whose support for those who commit terrorism - by a refusal to condemn them - makes them not part of the solution, but part of the problem.

Sins of omission. When you call criminals “brother” or “sister” you wind up losing a lot of moral credibility.

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:07:36 +0000

Gonz, my repudation of all forms of violence will have to suffice. And that categorical denunciation of illegal and violent tactics seems to suffice for all of our donors.

By: The Gonzman

The Gonzman — Mon, 21 May 2007 11:01:50 +0000

I don’t think that goes far enough.

For example, I am on the pro-life side of the fence. Randall Terry and Operation Rescue give silent assent - and rumored help - to terrorism, and do not condemn it, or do so half-heartedly.

Therefore, I reject them totally. Even in cases where they do good, it is a case of a broken clock being right twice a day. The evil they do makes any good fruit from a poisonous tree, and I will not call them brother. I will not “break bread” (Metaphorically speaking) with them. I have been very instrumental in insuring that my own parish’s pro-life activities keep these people away from us.

I do not merely condemn them to the extent that they engage in that sort of activity, I repudiate THEM completely and unequivocally, and totally.

TO do any less would be - to turn a phrase - “Praising them with faint damning.”

By: NBarnes

NBarnes — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:56:54 +0000

save to decry all tactics that threaten either human or animal lives.

If you don’t condemn the terrorism of ALF, it is perfectly legitimate to conclude that you support it.

Shit Stirring - 1, Reading Comprehension - 0. More scores after the break.

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Mon, 21 May 2007 04:47:54 +0000

I condemn all acts of violence that cause harm to human beings or animals; to the extent that the ALF engages in that sort of activity, I repudiate it completely and unequivocally.

By: The Gonzman

The Gonzman — Sun, 20 May 2007 03:43:34 +0000

And you should take a position.

If you don’t condemn the terrorism of ALF, it is perfectly legitimate to conclude that you support it.

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:53:27 +0000

Rob, we have nothing whatsoever to do with Animal Liberation Front. Matilde Mission takes no stance on the activities of other animal rights groups, save to decry all tactics that threaten either human or animal lives.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:50:40 +0000

The article you link to points out the chins were acquired legally from the farm. All was done “above board.”

In reading your post, I was wondering if this rescue was some sort of “midnight raid” on a chinchilla farm by a Chinchilla Rights group. It wasn’t. Your post was a little vague and the more paranoid (or world-weary) among us might get the wrong impression if they don’t follow the link.

Yours is a legitimate charity, not a bunch of loonies that “liberate” animals into the wild where they are unequipped to survive and die horrible deaths.