Terroristas pelos animais

Sim, isto existe: activistas dos «direitos dos animais» (dos direitos dos animais não humanos, entenda-se), dispostos ao crime e à violência:

• «“We are not terrorists, but we are a threat. We are a threat both economically and philosophically. [...] We will break the law and destroy property until we win. We are abolitionists. We don't want to reform them [vivisectionist companies], we want to wipe them off the face of the earth. We will fight, and die if necessary, to free the slaves.”» (Butterflies and Wheels)

Os «escravos» que eles querem libertar, refira-se, são porquinhos da guiné. Os métodos usados pelos terroristas defensores do fim das barreiras éticas inter-espécies são deste género:

• «Some five weeks later, on August 23, the owners of Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, Staffordshire, announced that they were closing down because of intimidation by animal activists. The farm had been breeding guinea pigs for medical research for more than thirty years, and the owners had been subjected to a six year campaign of abuse, according to the BBC, which reported that the owners and people connected with the business had received death threats. The Hall family, who owned the farm, said they hoped their decision to cease operations would prompt the return of the remains of Christopher Hall's mother-in-law, Gladys Hammond, which had been stolen from a churchyard in October 2004. The Halls were subjected to hate mail, malicious phone calls, hoax bombs, and arson attacks. People who supplied the Halls were also subject to the campaign.» (idem)

No meu entender, isto é terrorismo. Sem vítimas mortais, mas terrorismo.

É fascinante o que a vida citadina faz às pessoas.