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LAGERFELD'S FUR BATTLE WITH PETA

Designer KARL LAGERFELD has launched into a bitter battle with animal rights activists after defending the use of fur in fashion.
The 75-year-old German boss of fashion house Chanel claims anti-fur protesters are "childish" and argues hunted animals would kill their human predators if they could.
Lagerfeld says, "In a meat eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.
"(In the north, hunters) make a living having learned nothing else than hunting, killing those beasts who would kill us if they could kill us."
Michael MCGraw, spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), has hit back, telling the New York Post,, "Lagerfeld seems particularly delusional with his kill-or-be-killed mentality. When was the last time a person's life was threatened by a mink or rabbit?"
It's not the first time Lagerfeld has battled PETA; in 2001 activists in New York hurled tofu pies at him at an event to protest his use of fur - but they missed, hitting fellow designer Calvin Klein instead.


06 January 2009 19:06


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Animalrightschampion Click for more info ( 1)

posted on 09/01/2009 05:34


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Karl According to you animals would have killed humans if they could, can you rationalize why? First place no animal would come to hurt a human unless we encroach their land or try to harm them. Now if we went after them to get their skins and fur, yes there is nothing wrong if animal is trying to save it's own life. If someone was to run behind you with a gun or dagger to skin you alive, will you stop and say okay common skin me. You must be kidding me or you must be totally retarded to do that. Problem with sicko’s like you is, you are anti-animal and anti-human as well. If you cannot care for weak and speechless, how would you care for others? You care about your fashion and money by killing animals. So remember that fashion is going to make sure nature gets back to you the same way you got to the animals. If you are talking about hunters in the north make living by hunting, I assume you are referring to Eskimos or people from Artic. If yes, I guess you need to educate yourself that in Artic there is nothing like rice and wheat agriculture. The only thing they can do is to hunt because nothing grows there. However, I guess your single digit IQ won’t let you understand the basic concepts of nature, climate, and its impact on agriculture and food. Hey, how about serial killer skinning you alive for preparing shoes out of Karl Lagerfeld skin. Does it sound similar to what you do to animals?




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voice of reason Click for more info (2)

posted on 07/01/2009 11:06


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Fur comes from beautiful animals but is worn by ugly people. Looking at the pictures of Karl, methinks he must wear fur himself.







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