2/10/2009 10:38:50 AM
I guess it's better than firebombing the dog show. PETA is nucking futs. Watch Bulllshit Season 2 episode 1.They kill more animals than they save every year.
2/10/2009 10:42:18 AM
In other news, NAACP demands AKC change the breed name of Black Lab to African American Lab
2/10/2009 10:43:49 AM
lets not be silly
2/10/2009 10:51:22 AM
i wouldnt put it past them
2/10/2009 10:56:43 AM
Hmmm, I guess its better than dressing up like Nazi SS? That definitely wouldn't go over well with NYC's Jewish population
2/10/2009 10:57:39 AM
^^ labs arnt from Africa. thats just retarded.^ also theres no way in hell you could get me to dress up like a KKK guy and stand anywhere in new york. A black guy is going to kick the shit out of some guy way before some hassid does.
2/10/2009 11:04:41 AM
Don't feed the PETA trolls with the attention they crave.
2/10/2009 11:33:56 AM
^Yeah, this. I'll bet their hero is Cindy Sheehan. At some point it becomes more about getting the attention than delivering any message.
2/10/2009 11:42:25 AM
We got crazy hippy PETA people on the left and righteous nutbat christian evangelicals on the right. I wouldn't shed a tear if we threw both groups into a cellar and never let them out.
2/10/2009 12:03:01 PM
^ But the evangelical would have an advantage; he'd have no qualms about eating tofu-fed, PETA meat.
2/10/2009 1:04:15 PM
ahaseriously though. peta is not only nuts, but dishonest.the KKK isnt about creating a master race. that was the Third Reich.like someone said, they should have dressed up as Nazis.[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 4:27 PM. Reason : ]
2/10/2009 4:25:13 PM
The Pen & Teller bit:
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2/10/2009 5:23:42 PM
PETA knows that around 30 million people live in slavery around the globe right?That Darfur is still going on?That theres an AIDS epidemic in Africa?I just don't see the point of devoting your life to such a dumbshit jerkoff cause with so much more important stuff still out there.
2/10/2009 5:56:48 PM
2/10/2009 6:23:36 PM
PETA is full of stupid assholes. So is the AKC. I'm not sure who to side with on this.Eh, fuck both of them.
2/10/2009 7:26:05 PM
I fucking hate PETA.
2/10/2009 7:32:06 PM
Heh, I'm putting this up on my ANS 105 class discussion board. Should be interesting to see animal people's reactions.
2/10/2009 9:36:04 PM
^should be VERY interesting hearing what they have to say
2/10/2009 10:25:25 PM
^ why? it wouldn't be any different than the reactions already shown in this thread.
2/10/2009 11:10:26 PM
2/11/2009 10:40:24 AM
^hahaha, exactly. But the point still holds, the response wouldn't be any different than this thread.
2/11/2009 11:31:58 AM
2/11/2009 12:45:14 PM
i know a white girl is technically is more "African American" than 99% of the blacks living in the US. As she was born in Zimbabwe than moved to the US where she became a citizen.
2/11/2009 12:46:31 PM
^now that is an African American.
2/11/2009 12:47:03 PM
^,^^ and i guess we should start saying people of asian descent living in american are yellow americans. please gtfo.[Edited on February 11, 2009 at 1:29 PM. Reason : [ps - PETA is fucking retarded]
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2/11/2009 3:36:21 PM
Even if you think that animals are on a rough moral equivalent with people and want to fight slavery, it should be pretty obvious that the existance of sex trafficking is a greater evil than the existance of house pets.
2/11/2009 3:53:47 PM
Is there anyone on this board that's a member of PETA or can take their side on this one?
2/11/2009 4:03:03 PM
^i'm not "officially" a member of PETA... but i get a shit ton of their newsletters in my email. local activists mail me trying to get me to show up to various protests around seattle from time to time. ive never gone to any events, but think i may have given them some small amount of money once or twice. probably how i wound up on their lists.i do respect a lot of the work they do on behalf of primates and dogs and the undercover work exposing abuse of factory farm animalsbut i think they've gone off the deep end lately. some of their recent shenanigans have left me seriously thinking WTF... a few cases in point: (1) they're still screaming about Michael Vick. they want him to be forced into some treatment and/or brain scan before the NFL allows him to play. now thats just fucked up. the dude did his time and made some very strongly worded public apologies. (2) "Sea Kittens." is that shit REALLY real??? thats got to be a spoof. but it's not, is it? who thought that was a good idea? who gave that the green light??(3) this shit about dog shows is pretty retarded. i understand the general issues about breeders and puppy farms, and how we have so many dogs being destroyed is sad... but dog shows is not the same thing. and the KKK bullshit is just intellectually dishonest.(4) more things i cant recall offhand.if I WAS a member of PETA, i would be canceling my membership. as it is, i just mostly ignore their emails for now.
2/11/2009 5:47:13 PM
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2/11/2009 8:33:48 PM
I'm not getting the logical leap here: why would animal science people not like a group dedicated (with varying degrees of fanaticism) to treating animals better?
2/12/2009 1:27:56 AM
^They are complete opposites. Their goals are about as far apart as you can get.One views animals as [almost?] equal to humans. (can't own them, can't eat them, can't hunt them, can't cage them...) They are equal members of society.The other views animals as material (own it, eat it, kill it, shape it, cut it, kick it, force-feed it, cage it, whatever...) They are just matter, like wood or fabric. A means to an end, and nothing else.(Make no mistake, I hate PETA, but don't ever believe an animal scientist that says they care about animals.)The large majority of "normal" people fall someone in-between, myself included.[Edited on February 12, 2009 at 2:44 AM. Reason : ]
2/12/2009 2:36:59 AM
Animals are material. Unless they look cute. And sometimes when they look cute but their precious little souls will be useful to make medicines to help humanity and other animals.But seriously, PETA is totally opposed to the concept of animal science. They're totally opposed to owning pets. They've firebombed research clinics and have lectured to college and high school students how to do so. http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/1758And you can find the video of this scumbag showing college students how to make a firebomb on that Bullshit episode.They're a terrorist organization and I don't know why we haven't destroyed them yet.
2/12/2009 8:44:33 AM
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2/12/2009 10:55:26 AM
Ah, thanks for the information, y'all.
2/12/2009 11:37:05 AM
2/12/2009 1:32:34 PM
as usual, PETA has a decent point, but they make themselves look like fools by presenting it in an obnoxiously heavy-handed and exaggerated way.pure-breeding dogs definitely leads to genetic defects and weaknesses. mutts (from what i understand) are generally healthier and have less problems in later life.PETA just did this KKK shit to get recognized.
2/12/2009 1:51:50 PM
2/12/2009 2:10:03 PM
Peta strikes gold again!
2/12/2009 2:43:22 PM
^^I hate to defend PETA, but your repeated accusations of violence aren't proven, so you really should stop making them. All you seem to have is what one lawyer says....right? Is there an ongoing FBI investigation? Has PETA ever been convicted? or even charged? Don't get me wrong: If it turns out to be true, that's fine -- I'm just on the fence because the evidence is weak -- especially weak when it's mainly meat-industry-related groups that are saying it. First of all, when individuals who are merely associated with an organization commit crimes, proving that the organization itself is criminally responsible is an entirely different thing. PETA isn't necessarily guilty by association for the acts of individuals. Also, the links you provided show legal documents regarding one individual and, as I suspected, ALF -- the animal liberation front. The link between the individuals involved in the crimes and PETA, as well as the link between ALF and PETA doesn't appear to be a criminal one. I mean, if it was, as I said earlier, we would've seen some legal action by now. Right?In other words, you simply can't conclude that PETA is a militant terrorist group from the evidence here. PETA is bat-shit crazy -- that's for sure.... and they do just fine making themselves look that way. However, by saying they're a "militant vegan group that calls for violence against humanity", you sound like a conspiracy-theory nut, and it actually raises more doubt on some of the allegations against PETA. So, maybe you should lighten up a bit on the "they are violent" and "they don't care about human life" stuff -- just a thought.Another thing:They might be true, but assuming the allegations of violence against humans you've referred to are false, you have no basis to say that "they devalue human life." Again, other than the allegations of violence against humans, why would you say that they devalue human life? Do you say that because they wanted to save dogs but not humans in the war? Well that's just stupid -- think about it: How about historical museum organizations trying to save paintings and art, etc. Are they also trying to save lives? No. Does that make them not care about human life? No. That just means they're trying to save art, not humans. That's their thing. There's nothing wrong with that. And saving dogs is PETA's thing. You can disagree, with both. You can say, "saving paintings is dumb, when humans are dying", but that doesn't make you right -- that's merely your opinion.[Edited on February 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM. Reason : ]
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