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Originally posted by Theodoric
An interesting choice of words in choice 3, namely "No change". Now, if choice 3 read, "Continue to allow lovable, furry animals to be ripped to pieces by a slavering pack of hounds for the enjoyment of a howling mob of upper class twits", perhaps the number of people agreeing with choice 3 might be smaller. 
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Mmmmm.. yes.. put that way would certainly would change the outcome of the voting..... however, using
lovable, furry animals is no less emotive than using
wild, destructive vermin to describe foxes
And i certainly know people who don't consider foxes to be
lovable 
but simply see them as a threat to their fowl, but then these people also do not ride about on horses in hunting pink and have their dogs savage the fox either.... they attempt to shoot it if it comes near their animals.. which i suppose is reasonable.
The problem is that the word
fox has been used in such a pejorative way throughout history that people do not see them as the relavitely innocent creatures that they are... from being sly and cunning to being the devil himself....
What chance do they really have?