The animals are to blame

So we begin to see the results of the tactics historically used by the less well behaved members of animal rights groups:

About 10,000 UK-based employees of BOC Group, the big listed industrial gases company, have won wide-ranging protections against animal rights campaigners.

This is not an isolated example as another nine companies have successfully applied for such orders over the past year.

I have mixed feelings about this as protest activity is a good and proper tool in a democracy. However, there is an important lesson to be learnt here. If your cause becomes associated with violent activity (albeit the activity of a minority of thugs) then it is your cause that will suffer.

Frankly I don’t think that animals have been served particularly well over the past decade or two and some animal rights groups need to look inwards to understand why.

Posted by John at April 6, 2004 01:40 PM | TrackBack