Apparently Barry Horne wanted his funeral to be just another platform for the animal rights movement, and it was — though the message bystanders took away from the proceedings may have differed somewhat from what Horne intended.
Wearing his favorite football shirt (a sport that revolves around leather ball the last time I checked), about 300 animal rights activists gathered to see Horne buried in a Northampton cemetary. His body was carried in a cardboard coffin and the ceremonies conducted by a pagan priestess.
Although numerous animal rights activists, including other convicted terrorists, were in attendance, neither Horne’s ex-wife nor his son made an appearance. After the pagan ceremony, the funeral featured several speakers denouncing the British government’s stands on animal research and a call for others to continue the work that Horne started.
The highlight had to be animal rights activist Keith Mann who urged other activists not to be afraid. “We are going to lose more people They are going to kill us. The fight starts now.” This from a man who spent 7 years in jail for firebombing a farm. Who exactly is trying to kill who?
In case anybody missed that point, animal rights activist John Curtis said that, “Animal rights is a war. We are at war for the animals. We need to make sacrifices for the animals, too.”
Quite correct, and medical researchers, farmers and others are trying to defend themselves in this war from an animal rights movement that idolizes arsonists like Horne and Mann out of a twisted conception of compassion.
Source:
Animal rights activist buried. John Vidal, The Guardian (London), November 17, 2001.
Animal rights activist saluted as a martyr. Oliver Wright, The Times (London), November 17, 2001.