Just look in your local supermarket . . . Luckily, this wall seems to separate only a few people, however a few is a few too many. The main problem that seems to be coming up is that people who support direct action feel that tablers and leafleters do not do enough, or are too lenient. BOth points are well taken. The idea that i think people are missing, is that there is a neccessity for both forms of activism.
Lets start with the education side of the argument.
Education is great for teaching young children andgaining compasion from people who may not have thought about animal rights in the first place. Tabling and leafleting is a means of teaching people to become more active and become more aware of the issues surrounding animal rights. Education takes time. This is where the use of direct action takes place. While people are educating, there could be others out physically freeing animals from the torturous life that they lead.