I have a crazy vegan story for you. I study fashion, and in one of our classes we were discussing the use of fur, leather, pearls and feathers. When it was my turn to speak, I was saying I have no problem using vintage furs in designs, since the animals they were harvested from would have died years ago anyhow, when a girl slowly turned to me and hissed ‘Monster.’I was a little bit thrown off, but understand that many people don’t like fur under any circumstances, so I let it go. 1/3
2/3 I continued talking, explaining that, as many people (including myself) eat steak, I have no problem using leather in my designs. This apparently really got to the girl, who immediately butted in. ‘Excuse me, but what does eating steak have to do with leather?”I was flummoxed. ‘Steak comes from cows. Leather comes from cows. If we ate steak but didn’t use leather, they’d just throw the hide away, and that’s a waste.’3/3 She gave me the most scornful look I’ve ever been on the receiving end of. ‘Are you stupid or something? They don’t use eating cows for leather, just for meat. There are two different kinds of cow. They skin leather cows for their hides and throw the carcass away. So you’re actually hurting two kinds of cow. Idiot.’ I wanted to explain that I’d grown up on a beef cattle farm, but there didn’t seem to be much point.
“Two different kinds of cow”???
-Sgt XIII
