Mink in Amsterdam?
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Mink in Amsterdam?
Have just read all sorts of recommendations about what type of coat to take to Europe in the winter. I will be in Amsterdam in early Jan. and am debating whether or not to wear my Ebay mink coat. Would I have tomatoes thrown at me?Is wearing fur kosher in Amsterdam?
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A'dam is not a huge fur wearing city Very different from Brussels or Vienna where you're much more likely to see women in fur coats (I think Vienna is the most fur-wearing city in Europe, so if you want to wear your mink with aplomb, perhaps go there).
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Why shouldn't you wear your fur? I personally LOVE fur coats (I also love foie gras). I am so sick of the politically correct, sweetie darling.
There are far worse things in life than wearing a fur coat. Let's start worrying about real atrocities--like the war in Iraq.
There are far worse things in life than wearing a fur coat. Let's start worrying about real atrocities--like the war in Iraq.
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I wouldn't wear a fur coat in Amsterdam because I don't think it's very practical. It's very rainy in Amsterdam. I mean REALLY rainy. You might walk around looking like a wet mink who fell into a bay.
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You're very unlikely to have tomatoes thrown at you. You'll very probably be made to feel very uncomfortable indeed, unless you're very insensitive. You'll look ridiculously overdressed. And you'll wish you had a proper raincoar.
This has nothing to do with "Europe". Wearing fur is socially unacceptable in some parts of Europe and accepted in others. Amsterdam is in the first group.
This has nothing to do with "Europe". Wearing fur is socially unacceptable in some parts of Europe and accepted in others. Amsterdam is in the first group.
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You would stick out as a "see how rich and uncaring I am" sore thumb. While you may not get red paint thrown on you like in other places, you'll either get the cold shoulder... or mugged...
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No one in their right mind wears fur these days. Years ago people were oblivious to the tortures bestowed on all the helpless animals. Talk about being labeled "The Ugly American"
By the way cruelty towards humans usually starts with cruelty towards animals. It just isn't necessary to wear fur period!
By the way cruelty towards humans usually starts with cruelty towards animals. It just isn't necessary to wear fur period!
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The wearing of fur, especially after the videos of animals being boiled alive, should be enough to make anyone sick.
Refusing to wear fur cannot be dismissed as being 'pc'. It is a matter of basic humanity.
And as has been already mentioned above, when we reduce our sensitivity to other living creatures, it is also reduced for out fellow men.
Refusing to wear fur cannot be dismissed as being 'pc'. It is a matter of basic humanity.
And as has been already mentioned above, when we reduce our sensitivity to other living creatures, it is also reduced for out fellow men.
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And this is why it may be not kosher to wear fur:
"Humane relations with animals are primarily governed by the prohibition on tza'ar baalei chaim, literally animal suffering."
http://www.aish.com/societyWork/work...earing_Fur.asp
"Humane relations with animals are primarily governed by the prohibition on tza'ar baalei chaim, literally animal suffering."
http://www.aish.com/societyWork/work...earing_Fur.asp