While reasonable people can
have different opinions about an issue as complex as «education reform,» we are left to wonder, yet again, just who are some of those «public servants» are actually
advocating for?
Critics
have argued that some tactics employed by animal
advocates, including protests, risk turning public
opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and
have sometimes led to a slightly
different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target
advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not
have ag - gag laws, they
have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214
has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183
Advocate General Juliane Kokott
has said in an
opinion provided to the Court that statistics showing
different risks for the two sexes can not justify
different treatment of men and women because they do not demonstrate fundamental differences between the sexes.