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Old 15th Jul 2009, 21:30
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CirrusF
 
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Moral objections to cruelty

Congratulations for taking a moral stance on cruelty to animals. Even by posting here, you should take satisfaction that you are advancing the moral argument (in Northern Europe/Oz/NZ at least, where the centre of morality is centred - and the rest of the world eventually follows a few years behind).

But as others have said, all you can do at the moment is to refuse to fly the cargo - with the risk of being fired.

But bear in mind that often taking a morale stance, although it may lose you a job, can open doors in other careers.

My first flying "job" was dropping two sacks of Winalot dog-biscuits from a microlight onto the (two day starved) hounds of a fox-hunt in UK. The dogs sensibly all gave up the hunt for the free biscuits. I ended up with a criminal record - but it has been a great asset to me later in my career as it demonstrated my commitment to a worthwhile cause - to defend animals against torment for human pleasure..
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