Dear ______________:

Thank you for your interest in this group, ______________. This letter does not necessarily presume to speak for the group, but is just on behalf of the undersigned. We understand and respect that anti-incrementalists are good people who are trying to do the right thing. We propose that the group have a quick vote as to whether people support anti-cruelty legislation, such as banning factory farming. If the vote is yes, then we do not desire to have additional meetings to discuss the matter. However, if anyone in the group, even if not a majority, would like to form a separate sub-group to discuss this debate to their heart’s content, then we could have no objection to that.

We are of the perception that your opposition to anti-cruelty legislation is erroneous. It makes things worse for animals both in the short- and long-terms. We are not sympathetic to efforts to prolong cruelty, and will not pretend to be neutral about animal cruelty either. However, we think that ourselves and others of our persuasion may like to work with you on issues of common ground, such as promoting veganism, so long as you are not disruptive to the goals of the group. We believe that nonhuman animals, like humans, have the right not to be tortured, and not to be treated cruelly, and that banning factory farming, for example, would make progress with respect to these animal rights. We are also aware that ALL human rights progress in the U.S., for example, has been incrementalist in nature, most of it consisting of single-issue campaigns (proved in 3. below).
	
You are probably familiar with the anti-incrementalist argument, but if you are interested in considering the other side, here are some resources:

1.	“Animal Rights Law” [an academic article defending anti-cruelty legislation; deals pretty thoroughly with objections] http://sztybel.tripod.com/arlaw.pdf
2.	“Animal Rights Law” [shortened version] http://sztybel.tripod.com/mirrorarlaw.pdf
3.	“Incrementalist Animal Law: Welcome to the Real World” [shows that ALL legislative rights progress for blacks, women, and children has been incrementalist, and that things could only be different for nonhuman animals if society values the nonhumans more than humans; also proves that most such politically successful laws, by far, were single-issue campaigns] http://sztybel.tripod.com/increm.pdf
4.	Pamphlet on the “anti-cruelty laws increase animal consumption” objection http://sztybel.tripod.com/pragmatism.pdf
5.	Blog, On the Road to Liberation [deals with many topics in the incrementalism versus anti-incrementalism debate] http://davidsztybel.blogspot.com

Thank you once again for your interest, and we sincerely hope that we will be able to work with you.

Best wishes,

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