PETA: yet more insanity

[Flyndaran]

I swear P.E.T.A. must be funded by animal haters. They do such a good job of making the rest of us sane animal lovers look like lunatics.

[IDrinkaRum]

PETA's new campaign is targetting obese women

The billboards in Jacksonville, FL, show the back of an obese woman wearing a bikini urging the obese to go vegetarian to lose weight and look better in a bikini. It also states to "save the whales" and to lose the "blubber".

My husband was a vegetarian for a year and half. He actually gained weight. I have a friend of mine who is a woman and is a vegetarian. She'd be an amazon in the ancient world. She's 6 feet tall and used to be close to 600 pounds. She's down to like 350 or 400 now.

So going vegetarian does not guarantee you losing weight.

But as an obese woman, I'm offended. It's almost as if PETA is saying "Stupid cows! Just go veg and you'll magically lose all the weight you want!"

As if that can actually happen overnight.

[violetyoshi]

PETA does immature shocking stuff, however they also are the most visible group in regards to vegetarianism and kindness towards animals. So I don't know, I mean I'll agree with you the obesity promotion was in bad taste, but who else is going to represent them?

I bought a cookbook from them of vegan recipes so, I feel like I can't hate them now. Politics are never black and white, and while Ingrid Newkirk may have said some brainless statements like pets would be better on the streets, apparently she hasn't heard of cars, buses, and trucks.

For the most part they do get things done for the benefit of animals. Perhaps they wouldn't have to use such shocking tactics, if people could take animals into consideration, like they would take their children into consideration.

[Nyoibo]

PETA's actiond are done purely for shock value to try and forward their own agenda and long ago their agenda changed and the animals coming first got lost, they do stupid stuff that sets people against them and by extension all other animal rights groups, they exagerate, they outright lie and sensationalize things, they do more harm than good and need to be shut up permanently

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Well duh they're the most visible, extremists are always the most visible. It's as if all the moderate people are getting suffocated by the unending barrage of extreme opinions volleying back and forth.

Except, some politicians who still believe in compromise...

IMO violence (ALF, R Coronado (sp?)) and misinformation are never justified by the 'virtue' of your position. The truth take precedence because basing opinions,policy, etc. on anything else is impractical not ot mention unjust.

So PETA lands itself in the same category as Neo-Nazis, Fundamentalists, Islamic extremists, etc. AKA 'the brotherhood of bad ideas'.

[IDrinkaRum]

Country singer, Blake Shelton, has been banned from PETA's tweet updates for his own tweets right back at them

[Flyndaran]

Country singer, Blake Shelton, has been banned from PETA's tweet updates for his own tweets right back at them

Lovely, asshole vs. lunatics.

[IDrinkaRum]

PETA vs. skater Johnny Weir

Johnny Weir, an Olympic skater, bowed to pressure from PETA pepole who complained about him wearing real fox fur on his costumes. He changed it to faux fur.

However, now Mr. Weir is calling those wo side with PETA "crazy fur people" and has declared he loves to wear dead animals

ETA: Oh yeah, he's also been getting death threats because of his love for fur.

[Wingates_Hellsing]

*ahem*

This is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was
and now they're all stuck singing it forever just because
This is the song that never ends....

Every once in a while I think it might pay to start a reverse-death-threat company. We track down people that make death threats and threaten them with death. It'd be 10$ for a threatening call, 20$ for a dead rat nailed to their door, and 50$ apiece for a two-day picket

[elsporko]

I'm surprised about the initial backlash against the puppy body bags. It was harsh but true. Buying dogs instead of adopting is pretty much killing a dog in a shelter. Until the strays are under control people shouldn't buy dogs, its idiotic.

[Boozy]

Most of the dogs at my local Humane Society are "special needs", for lack of a better term. They are poorly socialized. Not every household (especially one with children) is capable of taking proper care of them.

There is a waiting list for well-socialized dogs at my local shelter.

My husband and I donate much of our charitable budget to local dog rescues, in order to help those who have the resources to properly care for these troubled animals. But when we chose to get our own dogs, we selected a reputable breeder and got them as puppies. We simply do not have the time, space, or expertise to handle certain training issues.

Our purchase of our dogs did not "kill" any shelter animal.

[the_std]

Until the strays are under control people shouldn't buy dogs, its idiotic.

What if you need a dog of a specific breed for a specific reason? Say I need a low-allergen herding dog, because I'm allergic to dogs but need something to keep my cattle in line? What's the likelihood of me finding that dog at a shelter?

I agree that, for pets, it would be preferable if everyone could adopt from a shelter before seeking out breeders, but that's not always possible.

[elsporko]

If its a work dog thats definitly a differant issue. People just wanting pets should definitly adopt however. Even if you don't want to take the time to help a traumatized dog buying a dog just perpetuates a system where dogs are sold for profit and mistreated due to that.

[Boozy]

My dogs were not mistreated. I did not go to a puppy mill or pet store. I went to a reputable breeder.

[Fryk]

I love how these kind, compassionate, caring PETA members not ONLY killed 96 animals, but then dumped their poor bodies into a Piggly Wiggly dumpster because they were too stinky to get all the way back to their crematorium.

I also love the fact the PETA has a fucking crematorium!