PETA yet AGAIN

Where Do They Find These People

By Youranter, published Dec 22, 2006
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PETA YET AGAIN

I see the PETA people are at it again. These are the nuts who want us all to be vegetarians before they turn the planet back to the animals. I read an article the other day that said the other PETA stood for People Eating Tasty Animals. I wish I was brilliant enough to come with that one. It made my day.

Anyway, the fools are arguing in favour of the new basketball used in the NBA. That is that composite material the NBA is trying out instead of using leather balls. I really don't care one way or the other as I don't follow basketball, but it did make news for a little while.

PETA offered to supply these millionaire basketball players with hand cream to soothe whatever injuries they might incur using the new balls. I have to agree with PETA that the ball players are a highly over-paid bunch of self-important sissies and maybe the offer of and cream is a tongue-in-cheek way of pointing that out to them, but PETA has never had a sense of humour so I think they are serious about this.

Apparently, Manager of Campaigns Dan Shannon wrote to the NBA saying that, "Thousands of cows stand to suffer far worse" than any injury a ball player might come across from using the new basketballs. He's right, up to a point.

It seems PETA can't wrap its head around the idea that some cattle are raised for consumption by us unrepentant carnivores. PETA would rather show up at a cattle ranch and name all the cows and steers thereon, thus making them all pets and therefore harder to turn into feed for humans. What nonsense.

Nobody advocates the abuse of any animal, but when it comes down to supply meeting demand, well you really can't get around killing the animal in question in a quick and efficient way. That goes for ducks, geese, chickens, cows, steers, emus, pigs, buffalo, goats, etc. These animals are raised to die and believe it or not, they don't know any better. Don't tell me you speak for the ones raised in cages and have never seen the light of day. If you did speak for them you'd be grunting, mooing, quacking or some other thing I wouldn't be able to understand.

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Now you have PETA spinning in my head again, I can't stand that organization. What the heck are they even thinking? I can understand being against cruelty to pets, when you start offending my pallate that's where I draw the line. Oh, and let's not forget about the use of scientific research. Computers can only figure so much, guess they would rather have us test on ourselves.

Posted on 04/13/2007 at 12:04:00 PM

 
I see that you're getting much reaction, just as I did in my article equating hunting with sadism! PETA is an organization that has become absurd and it's a shame because its original premise, avoiding torture and unnecessary cruelty to animals, was admirable.

Posted on 01/05/2007 at 5:01:00 PM

 
I agree with you about not forcing others to eat a certain way. While I have a concern for animal welfare, it was never enough to get me to go veg-I really needed the personal health motivation to do it, and then I accidentally discovered how great it makes me feel. The subset I have the most respect for are prolife vegans-they really have a much more consistent position.

Posted on 12/23/2006 at 8:12:00 PM

 
I'm not the slightest bit surprised that I have you baffled. Sadly, I don't have time to help you catch up. Make sure you salt those spare ribs properly. Might I suggest you serve some cubes of cheese alongside, and possibly an array of shellfish?

Posted on 12/23/2006 at 1:12:00 PM

 
I haven't heard from him in ages. Is he still alive, I wonder?

Posted on 12/23/2006 at 7:12:00 AM

 
Harry, let's not even touch on the subject of cloning humans. I must say you have me baffled. I'll take your comments in a positive way and even put more sauce on your ribs, lol.

Posted on 12/23/2006 at 4:12:00 AM

 
SL, I haven't read Cleveland Amory in years. I had forgotten all about him and I sure do miss him. Thanks for the reminder. The local and not so local papers here don't carry him. I'll have to try to find him here on the net. I always loved his writing.

Posted on 12/23/2006 at 4:12:00 AM

 
George, thank you. I don't know where you came from, but it doesn't matter. Thanks for reading and for commenting. The ratings don't matter to me as I can't get paid for any of this but they seem to be averaging pretty high regardless. Disagree with me all you want. Any argument worthwhile will be looked at and responded to.

Posted on 12/23/2006 at 4:12:00 AM

 
I never thought I'd agree with Youranter on anything, but here I find myself nodding my head in agreement and to think... I vowed I'd not even click on another one of your articles! I won't rate it, but I did read it and well...I agree. Eat on carnivores!

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 9:12:00 PM

 
Maybe we should start cloning humans for the purpose of harvesting organs...sort of like we raise cattle for the purpose of killing them. I'm no vegetarian, but thank GOD there are some people who don't consider this planet to be their own personal hedonistic paradise. Might I recommend to you and people like you... LOTS and LOTS of spare ribs and portk steaks... and... hey... go easy on the life preserving things like green leafy vegetables. Plants are people too you know?

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 6:12:00 PM

 
I don't know where they find the PETA bunch, but I wish they'd get lost again. Cleveland Amory (who started the Fund For Animals) had a lot of good ideas. PETA has none.

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 5:12:00 PM

 
Stephanie, thank you for getting the point. While no one advocates animal abuse of any kind, these nuts are way over the top. Greenpeace and the Sierra Club will get more respect from me than PETA ever will.

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 4:12:00 PM

 
Sharon, in your case a veggie diet works and all the best to you. I hope it works, as it seems to have so far. I know if I was in your position I'd look at it differently too. My wife is on all sorts of cholesterol reducing pills and I admire her for sticking to the regiman. My point was that PETA wants those who aren't or don't want to be vegetarians to become one. I object to that. Eat what you want, but don't shove it down my throat. (no pun intended) I'm sorry I gave you the wrong idea. My sincere apologies.

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 4:12:00 PM

 
The diet that is truly the best for an individual is what they believe will work. I eat vegetarian because I feel I have no other choice if I want to avoid the genetic fate I'm destined to (dying of heart disease in my 50s). The most direct benefit is that I my cholesterol dropped to under 150. I can assure you that not all vegetarians or vegans as nutrient deprived. Yes, I'm eventually going to die and the universe is going to collapse, but I feel better and can get by on much less sleep as a veg.

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 1:12:00 PM

 
Loved it! PETA is a big joke, whatever truly good intentions they started out with died when they began painting fur coats.

Posted on 12/22/2006 at 1:12:00 PM

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