Hostile Reactions to a Fur Sporran?

**Swampthing** · 30th June 09, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Nighthawk
You reminded me there was a woman at work that was disgusted in my Ferguson Britt Skunk, funny thing she was eating a Big Mac at the time. I commented on her choice of lunch and that was the end of the argument.

That's great!

**Rob Wright** · 30th June 09, 03:11 PM

Ok guys, I must say I am very disappointed in ya'll, we have five pages and not ONE! of you has mentioned the fact that fur sporrans, real or faux, have a tendency to be absently petted by the other half of the species! SHAME ON YOU !

Rob

**Woodsheal** · 30th June 09, 03:11 PM

Wouldn't it be great if all the various species of "activists" out there would practice the fine art of minding their own damn' business...?

**The Guy in the Kilt at UC** · 30th June 09, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Rob Wright

Ok guys, I must say I am very disappointed in ya'll, we have five pages and not ONE! of you has mentioned the fact that fur sporrans, real or faux, have a tendency to be absently petted by the other half of the species! SHAME ON YOU !

Rob

Not just the other half. Everyone likes my furry sporran. Its so soft.

I've often joked to my girlfriend about turning our cat into a sporran when he dies.

**ccga3359** · 30th June 09, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Nighthawk
You reminded me there was a woman at work that was disgusted in my Ferguson Britt Skunk, funny thing she was eating a Big Mac at the time. I commented on her choice of lunch and that was the end of the argument.

Why is your FB sporran made from horse meat?

Originally Posted by heilanner

i wouldn't blame anyone if they decided to throw paint over someone wearing a mask sporran... or even a fur 'dress' sporran.

Nobody deserves paint thrown on them. At minimum that is assault. if one has a problem with another's dress then, even though extremely impolite, they could vocalize it. I have no sympathy for these organizations that do such things as wantonly commit assault, and other crimes up to and including terrorism in it's strictest sense.

Then again not many have the stones to mess with a guy in a kilt, a middle-aged women in a mink coat is a much easier and safer target.

**Zardoz** · 30th June 09, 03:40 PM

I've never and don't plan to worry about wearing my rabbit sporran, if fact before reading this thread, it never crossed my mind! And I have not changed my mind about wanting a full mask skunk sporran at some point.

I have 2 queries for Heilanner, since he feels so strongly;

First, You seem to base your dislike of fur and faced sporrans on ethical rather than fashion grounds, but you say other leather sporrans are OK. I fail to see the ethical difference between "plain leather", assumed to be cow, but usually of unknown origin, and whatever fur sporrans you might see. They are all animal hides. If you think the furry ones are ugly, that's cool, but don't call anybody out for abusing animals if you are wearing any leather kit at all, including brogues and belts.

Second, What's with not capitalizing "I" as the first-person singular pronoun?

**Zardoz** · 30th June 09, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by ccga3359

Then again not many have the stones to mess with a guy in a kilt, a middle-aged women in a mink coat is a much easier and safer target.

That's why you don't see PETA at biker rallies!

"Never buy wool again. Choose only cotton, synthetics and other non-animal
fibers. The sheep are embarrassed when they are shorn, sometimes they are
nicked during the process, and they get cold afterward."
(PETA News, August 13, 1989)

What a hoot!

**dfmacliam** · 30th June 09, 04:03 PM

I say to each their own... If you have an issue wearing a fur sporran, don't wear one.. If another has no problem wearing one, it's their issue. What makes me laugh though, is everyone pushing the idea, that we should think and act the same... We are all different, with different perspectives.. That's what makes the world go round.. Now.. If someone damages property of another because it's not going with anothers principles.. That's criminal.. Plain and simple.. Reguardless what point of view they have.. It's ok to have different views and to discuss them in a mature manner.. Because that is how we all grow... And if we don't, we can agree to disagree and still respect each other.

**Rex_Tremende** · 30th June 09, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Rob Wright

Ok guys, I must say I am very disappointed in ya'll, we have five pages and not ONE! of you has mentioned the fact that fur sporrans, real or faux, have a tendency to be absently petted by the other half of the species! SHAME ON YOU

This is true. And they like to run their fingers through my... tassels.

Originally Posted by The Guy in the Kilt at UC

Not just the other half.

I'm so glad it was you who mentioned it.

Anyway, unless you are a celebrity who's likely to get mentioned in the press for having gotten splashed with something, I think it's highly unlikely that you'd be considered a target.

Regards,
Rex.

**dfmacliam** · 30th June 09, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by george7

Originally Posted by Zardoz

That's why you don't see PETA at biker rallies!

"Never buy wool again. Choose only cotton, synthetics and other non-animal
fibers. The sheep are embarrassed when they are shorn, sometimes they are
nicked during the process, and they get cold afterward."
(PETA News, August 13, 1989)

What a hoot!

That's why sheep are not shorn in the winter when it's cold, but when the cold weather ends... But if you want to press a point.. Why not omit the pertenant facts... LOL.