<p>So are most animal rights activists also likely to be environmentalists?</p>
<p>The way I see it, there are probably more environmentalists than animal rights activists, so I'd imagine that most animal rights activists are environmentalists, but not necessarily the other way around. But environmentalists would still be more likely to be animal rights activists than the rest of the population, probability wise.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Okay./*********/</p>
<p>Are you expecting anyone to argue?</p>
<p>No - I'm looking for people's impressions on the matter (to see if people have the same impressions I do - since I don't know many people)</p>
<p>Why? Why? Why, Ik, why?</p>
<p>i agree. /*you have gained my consent. be proud, very proud. haha, nobody look this up with the text thread, or you are a loser. */</p>
<p>i am both. i do more animal rights stuff, though.</p>
<p>I think animal rights activists are more likely to be environmentalists because what happens to the environment directly affect animals, (e.g. polar bears & global warming). I know environmentalists that are concerned with the Earth because of the future for generations of human beings to come, not so much animals.</p>
<p>I agree. I'm both, but I'm more of an environmentalist.</p>
<p>Many animal rights acitivists realize that things such as factory farms adversely affect the environment.</p>
<p>I am still for using animals in lab tests.</p>
<p>Why? Because it's either animals or humans... take your pick.</p>
<p>Sure, we could use convicts and everything but of course, the Constitution grants rights to even felons and the whole country would be going crazy if labs suddenly used convicts for lab testing (not to mention the fact that there aren't enough convicts as there are rats, rabbits, donkeys, monkeys, etc.)</p>
<p>Do you like increasing your thread count or are you trying to win some award?</p>
<p>Wow! I just realized that IK has a huge thread count...</p>
<p>LaptopLover... animal tests really don't prove much. animals, believe it or not, are different from humans. completely different. things have different reactions on their skins, and they can cure diseases in animals that * they can't cure in humans*. I'm not suggesting using humans in these tests, but there are other ways. it's called science.</p>
<p>I know that isn't what this thread is about, so I'll stop now. but if you feel like getting into it, start a thread and I'll argue it.</p>
<p>^ haha, i knew you'd post eventually. and i agree with you, btw :)</p>
<p>people should pick one thing and work dilligently on doing that, and let other people work on other aspects of society, because if you're fighting for all the causes you can. some will invariably get less attention they deserve. So let each person pick something that he/she is passionate about, and leave the rest to other people so as not to let one or the other be neglected.</p>
<p>^some issues are linked, making it easier to focus on more than just one</p>