Mercedes-Benz and Saab automobile manufacturers have just announced that they will offer all models of their cars with a nonleather seat option. While Saab was happy to make this decision, it took widespread consumer demand and a campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to persuade Mercedes-Benz to budge from its initial leather-as-the-only-option stance for many models of its cars. Even as we applaud these humane choices, we have to wonder why so many other car manufacturers are reluctant to offer skin-free options.Car companies tout leather as luxurious, as if this were a fact rather than mere opinion. While undoubtedly some people like leather, automakers are incorrect in their assumption that every person in the market for a luxury car would prefer a leather interior. Some people like apples; others prefer oranges. Some like leather, and some do not. Some consumers are offended by the fact that American tanneries alone use enough skin to upholster Manhattan two and a half times and that each car with a leather interior uses the skin of approximately anywhere from four to 15 cows. Thats a lot of suffering. Automakers tripled their use of leather from 1982 to 1992, doubled it again in the five years after that and continue to increase their use of leather today. These days, leather isnt used just for luxury cars. Its also used in pick-up trucks and mid-priced sedans. Not so coincidentally, the leather goods industry in
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
people for ethical treatment of animal
Don't Mess With Women
A woman and a man are involved in a car accident; it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt.
After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man, That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days".
Flattered, the man replied, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely! "This must be a sign from God!"
The woman continued, "and look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune."
Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman.
The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.
The man asks, "Aren't you having any?"
The woman replies, "No. I think I'll just wait for the police"
After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man, That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days".
Flattered, the man replied, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely! "This must be a sign from God!"
The woman continued, "and look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune."
Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman.
The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.
The man asks, "Aren't you having any?"
The woman replies, "No. I think I'll just wait for the police"
Monday, May 09, 2005
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