> Dennis:

> Ahem, isn't canvas made from some living creature?

The dictionary says from "linen, hemp, or cotton." And it's well known
that those plants bleed profusely and scream as they're harvested. Only
clothes made from plastic are acceptable, I think--oh, not even those:
oil comes from long-dead critters. Have you seen my lovely new granite
shirts? (Baccus's question about silk is more to the point, though.)

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