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Do you hate or love peta

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Homer: "Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?"
Lisa: "No."
Homer: "Ham?"
Lisa: "No!"
Homer: "Pork chops?"
Lisa: "Dad, those all come from the same animal!"
Homer: "Heh heh heh... ooh... yeah.... right, Lisa. A wonderful... magical animal."
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Originally posted by: MagicConch
it's good to see people passionate about a cause imo. There is more to them then just the militant vegetarian thing.
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They aren't passionate about a cause. They are nut jobs.
 
Originally posted by: thecrecarc
Originally posted by: Quasmo
PETA is a terrorist organization
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qft.


Im all for being nice to animals, but there isnt ANY WAY ill value any animal over any human. Also, steak rocks.
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There are some animals that I would value over certain humans.

That said, I think PETA is a joke.
 
They have a lot of good intentions, and they have succeeded in a few positive actions. However, they brainwash many of their members into believing things that just aren't true, or make exaggerated claims to their members. I find my self in agreement with some of their causes, but in general, they take things to too much of an extreme. Thus, I'd never support them financially, preferring instead to support other groups who are more in line with my non-extremist point of view.

Throwing blood on people simply because they wear fur jackets is wrong. Lobbying the fur industry to use humane methods to kill animals is absolutely fine with me.
 
..a grand collection of kooks who's life is so transparent and comfortable they've lost sight of the real issues that threaten americans.
 
I'm the biggest animal lover/tree hugger on the planet and I can't stand PETA. People are meant to eat other animals. As long as they're killed humanely, I have no problem with cows and pigs and chickens and stuff being killed so I can eat them.

I'd have problems with any organized effort to stop all consumption of meat, never mind PETA. I wholeheartedly agree, PETA are a bunch of terrorists.
 
If we weren't supposed to eat animals, then why did "God" make them taste so much like food?
Veggies aren't food...they're what food eats.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
They have a lot of good intentions
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By good intentions you mean stuff like them wanting to completely end medical research on animals as well as prevent people from taking drugs that have already been developed from medical research on animals. Even more amusing is that the VP of PETA is a type A diabetic. Insulin, which was developed from research on animals, saved her life and she continues to take it daily.
She admits that her meds, and I quote "....Still contain some animal products. I don't see myself as a hypocrite. I need my life to fight for the rights of animals" Not a hypocrite eh?

Or do you mean their opposition to things like seeing eye dogs?

Or do you mean their financial support of domestic terrorists?

Or maybe you are talking about their protesting places that euthanize dogs while Peta itself kills 2/3s of the dogs and cats it rescues?


I know I quoted you out of context but my point is simple. Being for animal rights is one thing but lets call a spade a spade. Peta financially supports people who FIREBOMB targets within the United States. That alone should be cause enough for any sane and rationale person to condemn them. The huge hypocrisy on multiple levels should be another.
 
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Originally posted by: waggy
I think the idea is good. BUT how they go about getting the message across is wrong. it does more damage then they it helps
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I feel exactly the same way.
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Ideas such as almost eradicating biomedical research and the production of drugs from animal research/products (Like Insulin which the VP of Peta takes daily)?
 
PETA is just another BS fundraising organization. It's an all-too-common successful business model these days. Masquerade a cause, generate the right PR image, brainwash some followers, and then let shakedowns begin. How to profit with non-profit status. They no more care about animals anymore these days than MADD cares about drunk drivers anymore, the Sierra Club about the environment, or Jesse Jackson about the plight of poor black people.
Case in point: KFC does not raise nor slaughter a single chicken. They buy them from suppliers , just like your grocery store does. But when was the last time you saw PETA go after Tyson, ConAgra, or Pilgrims Pride? You don't, because it doesn't make for an effective (and lucrative) high profile shakedown to go after the same people that put the chicken on peoples' dinner tables, because then you're accusing the public of complicity. Ah... but a fast food chain OTOH...
 
hate them
they are a bunch of extremists with a hidden extremist agenda.
so even when the are doing something partially decent their extreme agenda keeps them from promoting reasonable solutions. instead they go for bans or tossing sh*t at fur coats and other nonsense.
 
Originally posted by: Darwin333
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Originally posted by: waggy
I think the idea is good. BUT how they go about getting the message across is wrong. it does more damage then they it helps
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I feel exactly the same way.
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Ideas such as almost eradicating biomedical research and the production of drugs from animal research/products (Like Insulin which the VP of Peta takes daily)?
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did we say that? fuck how about reading what we wrote and not cherry picking something to fit what you want?

respect and humane treatment for animals is a good idea. People not abusing them is a good idea. finding human ways to kill animals is good.


as we said some of the ways they go about some ideas is stupid.
 
Yes, I hate peta.

They are a domestic terrorist organization, and they should be treated as such and included in the war on terror.

A 2,000lb bomb going off at their headquarters building during a board meeting would bring a warm, fuzzy feeling to my heart.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
PETA is just another BS fundraising organization. It's an all-too-common successful business model these days. Masquerade a cause, generate the right PR image, brainwash some followers, and then let shakedowns begin. How to profit with non-profit status. They no more care about animals anymore these days than MADD cares about drunk drivers anymore, the Sierra Club about the environment, or Jesse Jackson about the plight of poor black people.
Case in point: KFC does not raise nor slaughter a single chicken. They buy them from suppliers , just like your grocery store does. But when was the last time you saw PETA go after Tyson, ConAgra, or Pilgrims Pride? You don't, because it doesn't make for an effective (and lucrative) high profile shakedown to go after the same people that put the chicken on peoples' dinner tables, because then you're accusing the public of complicity. Ah... but a fast food chain OTOH...
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Pretty much covers my thoughts on the subject. They also make a nice cover for quite a few misanthropic nutjobs to practice their antisocial behavior under the guise of having a cause.

 
Originally posted by: Darwin333
Originally posted by: DrPizza
They have a lot of good intentions
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By good intentions you mean stuff like them wanting to completely end medical research on animals as well as prevent people from taking drugs that have already been developed from medical research on animals. Even more amusing is that the VP of PETA is a type A diabetic. Insulin, which was developed from research on animals, saved her life and she continues to take it daily.
She admits that her meds, and I quote "....Still contain some animal products. I don't see myself as a hypocrite. I need my life to fight for the rights of animals" Not a hypocrite eh?

Or do you mean their opposition to things like seeing eye dogs?

Or do you mean their financial support of domestic terrorists?

Or maybe you are talking about their protesting places that euthanize dogs while Peta itself kills 2/3s of the dogs and cats it rescues?


I know I quoted you out of context but my point is simple. Being for animal rights is one thing but lets call a spade a spade. Peta financially supports people who FIREBOMB targets within the United States. That alone should be cause enough for any sane and rationale person to condemn them. The huge hypocrisy on multiple levels should be another.
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And, I can find a lot of causes they have that I believe are good. Promoting humane euthanasia, preventing downed cows from being transported to market, are both things I support. But, that doesn't make PETA a good organization. As I said, I don't support them because of the extremist actions they take such as you mentioned. However, fighting for the elimination of the practice of taking down cows, loading them into trains while crippled, and hauling them off to the slaughter house is a pretty good idea if you ask me. (Quite frankly, imho, if most people know what goes on and has gone on in the beef industry, they'd think twice about that steak on their plate. After the mad cow outbreak in England, England banned the feeding of animal parts to animals. The feed suppliers in England were left with millions of pounds of this type of feed that they couldn't sell over there. The U.S. saw England's problem as an abberation and more than happily imported (with Canada) millions of pounds of this product to feed to cattle in the U.S. for the next (7?) years. Just a couple years ago, one of the slaughterhouses in the U.S. had the audacity to request permission from the USDA to actually test all their cattle for mad cow disease. Request denied. "You will NOT test all your cattle for mad cow disease." Amazing that we never find cattle in the U.S. with mad cow disease, isn't it?)
 
Uh, our teeth are designed to eat flesh. I can't stand vegetarians. Anyways, PETA is a crock. Regardless, I hate animals and have no feelings toward how they are harmed anyways.
 
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