On 10/27/2018 10:28 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-10-27 10:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 10/27/2018 3:01 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 10/27/2018 1:14 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> PETA associates have been involved in some incidents involving the
>>>> alleged theft and/or euthanization of family pets."
>>>>
>>>> Â*Â*Â* Janet UK
>>>>
>>> I don't know what PETA policy is, but at least some of the more
>>> radicals don't think animals should be kept as pets.
>>
>> I understand why PETA objects to people wearing animal furs. (Kind of
>> ironic given ancient human istory.)Â* These days no one needs to be
>> strutting around in a mink coat.Â* Or testing makeup on animals.
>> Rabbits don't wear eye shadow or mascara.Â* I get that.
>
> You live in a climate where you don't need leather and fur for warmth.
> For thousands of years humans in northern lands have used fur to survive
> the elements.Â* I have a couple of fur hats that were special presents. I
> don't often wear them because it isn't usually old enough to need them
> here, but on those extremely cold days there is nothing quite like fur
> for warmth.
>
Where *I* live now really doesn't have anything to do with it. I have
no doubt the idigenous peoples on these sea islands (Native Americans)
wore animal skins for clothing. What else were they going to use?
Plant fibers, perhaps. I doubt they ran around naked. For one thing,
there are too darn many biting bugs. That's now. I can only imagine
what it was like 700 years ago. I don't know what the temperatures were
like way back then but it probably did get cold in the winter.

Saint Helena Island was inhabited by natives as early as 900 AD,
according to this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian...uth_Carolin a)

tiny url:

https://tinyurl.com/yao73x96

Apparently three tribes occupied these rather remote areas back in the
day. The Yemmasee, the Santee and the Catawba. They were not war-like.

No, I don't know what they wore. But by all accounts, when it comes to
Native American history (that includes all of North America, BTW, not
just the US), early people used animals. First for food. They ate the
meat. Then for clothing, for shelter. They used the bones. They used
the sinew. Nothing wasted.

Dave, if you want to wear a fur cap when it's freezing cold, I'm not
going to tell you not to. Especially since you said they were special
gifts. The people from PETA might just come after you if you run into
one of the die-hard types.

I wore a black wool coat with an attached mink collar to my mother's
funeral. It was *her* coat. She always called it her "best coat".
It dates back to the late 1950's, I think. She only wore it on special
occasions. Oh, and to funeral. Ironic, eh? She let me borrow it a few
times when I was in my 20's and going somewhere special, like dressed up
for a company holiday party. It meant something to her and it meant
something to me.

Still, I wouldn't go out and buy a mink coat today. Or a milk coat, for
that matter. LOL

Jill