Thread: Obama swats a fly, peta cries

Originally Posted by mosley59

....I find it hard to believe that over 4000 animals ALL have medical problems so bad they require euthanisation.

Disclaimer: I am NOT defending PETA. I think they are a bunch of nut jobs.


That being said, The Humane Society (at least in my area) also euthanizes HUGE numbers of animals because of "medical conditions."

These medical conditions frequently amount to nothing more than a cold, which you wouldn't even CONSIDER taking your cat to a vet for. One sniffle, and if they are close to full, they'll simply put the animal to sleep.

They have a very small budget for medical care, and tend to spend it on special cases that would be especially adoptable.

If there is a building wide outbreak of the sniffles however, they will simply euthanize every cat that sneezes, on rare occasion this would mean hundreds of cats in a single day. I know all this because as I mentioned, my ex-wife was/is a "Feline Welfare Coordinator" at the local Humane Society. Her job was to make those kinds of decisions, and last time I spoke to her, which was a long time ago, it killed her a little inside every day.

I recommend you all sponsor a PETA member:
For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.

Oh come on...please admit that there is a WORLD of difference between the average vegetarian and a PETA nutjob.
I've been a strict vegetarian, I've been a vegan. Now, I settled on what I consider the appropriate moral level...I simply do not eat mammals. And I sit happily with friends and family as they eat steak. I love steak. I LOVE bacon. I miss them terribly. I just feel I ought not eat it, so I do not.

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Originally Posted by smokelaw1

Oh come on...please admit that there is a WORLD of difference between the average vegetarian and a PETA nutjob.
I've been a strict vegetarian, I've been a vegan. Now, I settled on what I consider the appropriate moral level...I simply do not eat mammals. And I sit happily with friends and family as they eat steak. I love steak. I LOVE bacon. I miss them terribly. I just feel I ought not eat it, so I do not.

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wish i could do this!

:-(
but you need a really strong will to do it!

Since I've been at a farm and helped slaughtering two sheep my meat consumption dropped significantly.

Just ran into this, hehehe

Very quick reply to that which nags !

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

All they do is make a bunch of political stunts, throw red paint on people wearing fur coats.....

you see them attack fur but never leather

ever wonder why?

because it's a lot safer tormenting rich women than bikers !

Originally Posted by 0livia

Since I've been at a farm and helped slaughtering two sheep my meat consumption dropped significantly.

Just ran into this, hehehe

I can't stand PETA. I never liked them, but since seeing that Penn and Teller episode about them, I absolutely hate them. There aren't too many organizations that I dislike as much as I dislike PETA (the RIAA and MPAA are up there). Like Mormons, I don't mind veggies and vegans until they try to turn me into one of them.

Like they say, if God didn't want us to eat meat, then why'd he make it so tasty? Plus, the West wasn't won on salad

If anything, these threads provide for entertaining reading. Quite interesting the variety of opinions offered.