NOT the collecting debate :-)

[Paul Cherubini]

DR. JAMES ADAMS wrote:
 
> One reason why I hesitate to discuss the
> collecting/not collecting debate on leps-l anymore is the hypocrisy
> of the non-collecting argument.  Lines seem to be drawn arbitrarily -
> - this (butterflies) shouldn't ever be collected, but who cares about
> that (moths) . . . or that (mosquitos) . . . or that (roaches) . . . or
> that (amoebae).

Not only that, but how much do the anti-collecting activists care or pay attention to the 
well being and fate of "higher" vertebrate animals like cows, chickens, pigs, goats, etc.? 
A large percentage of Americans / Europeans - including the anti-collecting activists --are 
overweight. That means countless millions of farm animals are needlessly raised in 
crowded, captive conditions and then deliberately killed--not for the purpose of keeping 
people alive and in good health, but to satisfy the western society lust for physical 
pleasure (i.e.eating fat, juicy farm animals and their butter, cheese, ice cream etc. 
byproducts to excess).

I agree with you and Mark Walker about the double standards and hypocrisy.

Paul Cherubini