Comments on: PETA uses white supremacy for animal rights

By: James

James — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:31:51 +0000

Anonymous, I would appreciate it if you would not make personal attacks upon those who choose to comment here. You may disagree with PETA, and you may feel that you hate its members, but they are not stupid.

As for eating meat, you may not have any moral qualms about doing so. However, it is hardly a particularly healthy eating habit compared with non-meat diets.

For instance, you might want to look at an article from yesterday’s New York Times entitled “Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat.” The article explains that according to the latest scientific research, red meat is actually quite dangerous for human health, at least in the quantities typically eaten in the U.S.

In the latest study, higher levels of meat consumption were associated with a 20% to 40% increased risk of death, especially from heart disease and cancer. This translates into about 150,000 Americans dying prematurely each year.

Of course, one response to this research would be to eat red meat only in moderation, or to eat other types of meat (such as poultry or fish). However, a vegetarian diet is also perfectly healthy, and much more so than the diet of the average American meat-eater.

In short, it’s simply not accurate to say that “there’s nothing wrong with eating meat,” or that “it’s good for you.”

By: anonamous

anonamous — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:17:25 +0000

i hate you stupid peta people theres nothing wrong with eating meat its good for you. just get you heads out of you [expletive deleted] and see that we are doing the earth a favor by keeping the earths population controled.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:50:16 +0000

By: bobbo

bobbo — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:22:09 +0000

Aaron–I take the import of your message. From now on, whenever I see some nutcase railing to his imaginary foe, rather than think just that I will approach them and engage them fully to see if there is a worthwhile message at the core of their lunacy. I’ll be thinking of you and PETA when doing so. Thank you.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:30:28 +0000

im glad you fully read the artical and now understand what its about. and as for your question…
Why do you want the notice of people who are attracted to the KKK?”
without getting too deep into it, its not to attract those who like the KKK, more to attract opposite attention, the people who hate the KKK. because those are the people who know the horrible things they have done. and they will understand how we compare it with “one race/one breed” world. its simply to show people that the AKC is not looking for a variety of animals to say they are beautiful but to show just a specific breed, which is what the KKK wants, one race. not only is it ludacris to think that we would ever only have white people on earth like the KKK wants but its just as ludarcis to think that we would have only full bread dogs. i see how alot of people will jump the gun with the statment as a whole when they see people walking around dressed in such a way… but this was what i had said earlier with people being closed minded and only seeing what they want to see. its about opening your eyes and seeing things outside of the box and actually understanding what other are trying to say, without just seeing the evil… because in this case, the evil was shown in that way… evil, hoping at attract the people who see it as such was the main goal.

By: bobbo

bobbo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:30:04 +0000

Hey aaron–thanks for hanging in there. I was even going to do two in a row to tell you I didn’t even read the article closely enough to recognize this Peta demonstration was about stopping the cruel interbreeding of defects to get a show dog/cat/rabbit/etc. We agree completely. Let the pug nose grow to where the dog can breathe.

But what does that show except for one small example, the Peta message got completely lost, not evaluated, NOT NOTICED, because of the use of the KKK symbolism.

As long as you/Peta recognize you don’t reach some people who would actually support you, and you “really do” think you are reaching enough other people otherwise, then I say==go for it.

Maybe a residual question would be “Why do you want the notice of people who are attracted to the KKK?” but that is complex indeed.

By: aaron

aaron — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:53:45 +0000

the thing is, i disagree. i dont think PETA is losing anything. i can understand to some, im sure it is… but that will any arguement. as much as anyone would like to have everyone agree with them, i know its not reality and it will not happen. but i also dont believe that this is any worse than any other thing they have done. PETA has done alot of eye catching things… but this one happens to draw your attention, there are some people that could care less about this and another thing they do will draw their attention. i think thats part of the point… to get different people to see different things. other wise what would be the point

By: bobbo

bobbo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:49:40 +0000

Aaron==you are absolutely correct. Because of past campaigns by Peta and this campaign with people dressing up as the KKK, I think Peta is losing its well reasoned arguments and is in sum: just silly.

See how choosing the symbols of your message does affect your ability to get your message out?

By: aaron

aaron — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:36:20 +0000

i think that obvisouly by you putting the second message there you didnt know as much as you thought. and ONCE AGAIN the KKK reference is not at all directed to meat eaters its to the AKC, so please before you start an arguement, know what your talking about.

By: bobbo

bobbo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:53:25 +0000

Just caught the Colbert Report from yesterday and “Shmeat.” A Peta spokeswoman was announcing a $1Million reward for developing meat tissue/replacement that is grown in a petri dish. Seems peta is not against meat eating as I referenced above, but really is against causing animals distress and pain.

Hmmm. I don’t think all Peta-vegans think that way? Otherwise, Peta could push for the painless chemical putting to sleep of animals? That doesn’t address the factory raising of animals but does address one of the more dramatic aspects of husbandry.

I used to work at a poultry ranch. I can’t imagine a chicken being “happy” or “sad.” All gods creatures should still be treated as kindly as possible.