>>No, I pick on them because they're annoying. And because they take
>>themselves way, way too seriously.
>
>There's not much of an option there. Animal rights are a popular
>cause, and a worthy oone, but there aren't enough people who take it
>seriously enough, so those who *do* take it seriously are often quite
>evangelical.

Which makes it that much harder for the people who don't take it seriously enough to maybe consider doing so. Stunts like the 'Got Milk' billboard in New York make them look like idiots, and make people discredit all aspects of the movement as 'those crazy tree-huggers' (or duck-squeezers, a joking term someone coined here at work). Which in turn makes it harder for people who are doing real work in conservation and whatnot to get public support and funding. Extremists are quite often more harm to their cause than good.

But then, I'm a Bambi-killin' hillbilly, so what do I know about any of that. ;)

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Chad Collier--...and in deference to the topic, I'll leave it at that.
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company