{"id":15228,"date":"2014-03-25T16:03:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15228"},"modified":"2014-03-25T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:22:09","slug":"front-line-stuff-in-knightsbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/front-line-stuff-in-knightsbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Front line stuff in Knightsbridge message to Harvey Nicholls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing on the pavement<\/p>\n<p>outside your great store<\/p>\n<p>watching \u00a0your security men<\/p>\n<p>open and shut the door<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have got my megaphone<\/p>\n<p>Robert&#8217;s here with me<\/p>\n<p>we have got our banners up<\/p>\n<p>its how it has to be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">the street is full of vehicles<\/span><\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s people passing by<\/p>\n<p>we are ranting to the world<\/p>\n<p>some may wonder why<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Nicholls thinks its right<\/p>\n<p>to import clothes with fur<\/p>\n<p>the dead bodies of sweet animals<\/p>\n<p>who of course once were<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>alive and living peacefully<\/p>\n<p>where they were told to be<\/p>\n<p>in the forest on the plains<\/p>\n<p>all of them were free<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then some blasted ugly<\/p>\n<p>left a \u00a0leg hold trap<\/p>\n<p>and this wild soul was captured<\/p>\n<p>had to take that rap<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">it smashed through its bones rapidly<\/span><\/p>\n<p>it died a violent death<\/p>\n<p>screaming to the sky above<\/p>\n<p>fighting hard for breath<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">it left behind its lady<\/span><\/p>\n<p>it left behind its child<\/p>\n<p>its felt the pang of evil<\/p>\n<p>that drives an angel wild<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I put it to the passers by<\/p>\n<p>why they wear dead skin<\/p>\n<p>those wearing it<\/p>\n<p>looked ignorant<\/p>\n<p>as ignorant as sin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>pale they looked away from me<\/p>\n<p>they didn&#8217;t wish to hear<\/p>\n<p>they didn&#8217;t want a leaflet even<\/p>\n<p>so it did appear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">I sat outside the store I did<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ranting on my megaphone<\/p>\n<p>folowing Robert&#8217;s clarion calls<\/p>\n<p>all the words we each had known<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>watching people come and go<\/p>\n<p>wearing fur up and below<\/p>\n<p>clearly some dont want to know<\/p>\n<p>they think that I&#8217;m a so and so<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>protesting on the street today<\/p>\n<p>telling those who walk this way<\/p>\n<p>animals were born to be<\/p>\n<p>living in their skin you see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>human beings come along<\/p>\n<p>trapping wild ones which is wrong<\/p>\n<p>stripping off their skin so they<\/p>\n<p>can stitch it into clothes today<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>there are materials all around<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">that come from hemp and cotton<\/span><\/p>\n<p>pound<\/p>\n<p>for pound<\/p>\n<p>much better than<\/p>\n<p>the animals skin<\/p>\n<p>much prettier too<\/p>\n<p>and much less sin<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444;\">front line stuff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>outside the store<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Nicholls I implore<\/p>\n<p>why \u00a0do you \u00a0deal in dead bodies for<\/p>\n<p>profit based on blood and gore<\/p>\n<p>it can&#8217;t make sense<\/p>\n<p>to draw this stuff<\/p>\n<p>so negative<\/p>\n<p>we&#8217;ve had enough<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>surely by now the message you<\/p>\n<p>are hearing is what you must do<\/p>\n<p>is stop these imports and let sense prevail<\/p>\n<p>accept the facts<\/p>\n<p>we do not fail<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we wont give up<\/p>\n<p>we wont back down<\/p>\n<p>whilst you sell fur<\/p>\n<p>we shall be in town<\/p>\n<p>its up to you to say okay<\/p>\n<p>we agree<\/p>\n<p>to all you say<\/p>\n<p>cruelty is sick I know<\/p>\n<p>its not like a haircut<\/p>\n<p>its a bad show<\/p>\n<p>they die in abject agony<\/p>\n<p>stripped alive for all to see<\/p>\n<p>imagine the pain<\/p>\n<p>it drives them sick<\/p>\n<p>we really ought to miss this trick<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>its not as if you need profit that bad<\/p>\n<p>that really you have to be awfully sad<\/p>\n<p>stripping the souls down to the bone<\/p>\n<p>these have feelings<\/p>\n<p>and they moan<\/p>\n<p>and they cry and they bleed<\/p>\n<p>and they die<\/p>\n<p>the die indeed<\/p>\n<p>#<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>to make a profir<\/p>\n<p>profit is that all<\/p>\n<p>Hav<\/p>\n<p>rvey Nicholls be ashamed<\/p>\n<p>yes of course yes you are blames<\/p>\n<p>selling carto loads to these people<\/p>\n<p>some who did not know<\/p>\n<p>some who did not care<\/p>\n<p>some are very rare<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>today<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing on the pavement outside your great store watching \u00a0your security men open and shut the door &nbsp; I have got my megaphone Robert&#8217;s here with me we have got our banners up its how it has to be &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/front-line-stuff-in-knightsbridge\/\">Continue reading <span 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