PETA kills tens of thousands of animals every year. They are all hypocrites feeding psycho's what they need to hear to send more money.
I read in article about them the other day, upset and protesting against the fish throwers at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.....saying it was disrespectful and humiliating to them when they toss the dead fish....... PETA is a joke and its stuff like this that makes no one pay attention to them and think they are just a bunch of loons........... They would be much more effective if they stayed on point to their message, then doing stuff like this..........
yeah it is much worse than putting them in a garbage bag in a huge pile of trash like PETA does to dogs.
I thought it was all in a joking manner, yesterday by PETA. Then, I found out they were actually serious.... Like when someone tells you to put on some baby diapers and run around the living room screaming like banshee....kind of look. So, this only confirms that PETA is more bat s#it crazy than I thought.
I think I have come to the conclusion that PETA simply hates humans . . . and anything they do I recall one comedian talking about them about how. . you can look in their eyes and see someone who has completely given up on the human race Rocket River
Is that kind of like a misanthropic, feminist lesbians who believes the world is a better place without men or more in a Tom & Jerry kind of way, where it might be something missing in their life
Well, I wish they'd put themselves out of their human misery and spare the rest of us. They may have some noble goals, I don't pretend to know all of what they do and I don't mind that they do it, but the fly thing, the stupid things? Come on.
Oops... sorry. I personally don't agree with them on this issue, but I've got no problem with their position, nor do I have a problem with their response (at least based on what I've seen).
I would, truly kindly, like you to expand this. In my opinion, PETA misses something fundamental about being a species on the planet Earth: a species will definitely have negative effects on other species, period. PETA seems to disagree with this fundamentally. While I am very much in favor of mitigating our effects on biodiversity (i.e. let's avert as many extinctions as we can), and while I agree we should minimize sufferings in other species (e.g. create "humane" slaughtering facilities), the idea that we can live in a way that only benefits or has no effect on all other organisms strikes me as crazy. The soybean industry slaughters countless mammals in the harvest process. Our bodies destroy billions of single-celled organisms on a daily basis (I may be off by an order or magnitude or so -- would need to check the actual number.) I could go on, but I think the point is clear. I'm sympathetic to vegans and vegetarians who avoid animal products to minimize their effects on other species. That's fine. But PETA strikes me as something altogether different.
In our house, we catch flies, spiders or other bugs under a glass so we can carefully set them free outside. The kids can also have a close look at the critter -- which they seem to like. It's a peaceful, zen like moment. But if they're slow when released, and the kids aren't watching, I'll stomp on them outside.
Indeed. Defending every living thing (down to flys/insects and maybe bacteria one day) would seem there is a lack of understanding of nature and possibly a god-complex somewhere. Most times when man has tried to get involved in an eco-system somewhere to save something, etc., it results in disaster. There is an arrogance that is associated with thinking you can control things like that. That said, I like the endangered species list, and I'm sure I'd agree with some stuff that PETA does. However, after the fly thing, I think PETA should have a separate division called PETI (People for the Ethical Treatment of Insects) pronounced "petty".
I can't speak to PETA overarching goals and actions. I haven't paid enough attention to them to know the levels of their hypocrisy or the rationality of their arguments. I think based on what you wrote we have very similar opinions. The only difference being perhaps that I have not seen anything to indicate that PETA is not aware of the fact that our existence will always have negative effects on other species, and I generally give them (or anybody) the benefit of the doubt. I find that people, especially those posting on internet forums, tend to make assumptions and find outrage where none is really necessary. In my mind that is just as likely of an explanation as the idea that PETA really is this bat**** crazy organization. The truth is of course likely somewhere in the middle. But to clarify my point, I was speaking specifically about the fly incident. If the people of PETA feel that we should not unnecessarily harm insects, then I have no problem with them saying so. They didn't call for a boycott, they aren't protesting outside the white house. They just mentioned in a blog that killing the fly wasn't necessary. In other words, for something that was no big deal, they didn't make it a big deal as far as I can tell. So while I have no problem killing pesky flies myself (seven in one blow!), I've got no issues with their behavior here.
