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I disagree. Yes, that's a big difference, but he's making this move almost on humanitarian grounds in the interest of horses' health. If it's inhumane to utilize horses for regular carriage rides, I don't see how it's not for movie props or parades, etc. After all, while parades last only for a day and shows aren't year round, those horses are still (according to the animal rights crowd that Bill is pandering to) often being treated inhumanely in the period leading up to those uses. Thus, using that same logic, I'd argue that he can't support one ban for the reasons he does while excluding other uses of horses.
Where's their proof that the horses are being treated inhumanely, whether it be for horse carriage rides around Central Park, movie shoots, or parades? Are they visiting stables and videotaping the conditions? Or are you just going off of hearsay?
If they were treating the horses inhumanely (i.e. not feeding them adequately or cleaning them), I can't see how physically fit the horses would be to take people on horse carriage rides all day long, effectively the carriage owners would be taking money out of their own mouth. That makes no sense. It's not about being confrontational, I'm voicing my opinion on the things that you are saying - which has no logic to it whatsoever.
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This seems like a really crappy issue to impose on the public, especially since it looks like a payback for votes.
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