Cruelty is the real problem
AS a great admirer of the people who make a stand against cruelty to animals, I was distressed to read that Heather Nicholson had been sentenced to 11 years in prison; fearing that she would have to associate with the dregs of human society such as child murderers, sex perverts and paedophiles who ruin children's lives.
Perhaps this will not be the case, because most of them have suspended jail sentences or are placed under supervision orders.
The employees at Huntingdon were subjected to terror, but, unlike the hapless animals, did not die in agony.
I, too, in my younger days, stood in line to stop the export of calves for the veal trade from Fairwood Airport.
I would like to think I was privileged to stand next to Ms Nicholson.
I believe it was Mr Bumble (Charles Dickens) who said "the law is an ass".
He must have been living in Winchester at the time!
Beryl Jenkins
Neath Road
Morriston, Swansea
Comments
by D. Samuel, Port Talbot
Friday, January 30 2009, 3:49PM
“The warped reality that some (not all) animal activists have never ceases to amaze and astound me.
Beryl Jenkins is "distressed" to hear that Heather Nicholson could be jailed alongside the "dregs" of humanity such as peadophiles and murderers.
Well then, Beryl, what would you have us do to people who threaten the lives of young children, simply because their parents are associated with companies who provide services to Huntingdon? Or who send bomb hoaxes to their doors?
Whilst I in no way condone or excuse any act of terrorism, by what skewed logic is it an atrocity punishable by exportation or indefinite imprisionment to commit acts of terrorism in response to religious or humanitarian oppression, yet the law has a soft-touch towards those who do it in the name of animal rights?
Mr. Justice Butterfield is quoted as calling the campaign that Ms. Nicholson was a part of "urban terrorism". By definition Ms. Nicholson is a terrorist - why isn't she, and her associates tried as such?
In response to Beryl's comment that "The employees at Huntingdon were subjected to terror, but, unlike the hapless animals, did not die in agony.": perhaps there should be a group dedicated to terrorising the animal activists who terrorise employee's who work in association with Huntingdon?
Oh wait, no, that would be illegal and neanderthalic. Oh well, I suppose there's always peaceful protest as a last resort...”