[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
polo77j wrote:
As a card carrying member of PETA I suck goat balls!
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You really should have read the rest of his post Live.
[quote]Aragorn wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
polo77j wrote:
As a card carrying member of PETA I suck goat balls!
You really should have read the rest of his post Live.[/quote]
But reading iz h4rd!1!
Bottom line. Treating animals humanely before slaughter is best for everyone. PETA is an extremest, insane, unrealistic organization who should not be paid attention to at all. They are crazy and the only purpose they serve is to make fun of.
Remember when the NBA tried switching to synthetic basketballs, and the players said they sucked, so they switched back and some jerkwad from PETA wrote an inane article about the slaughter of animals for basketballs and how the players should toughen up. They would, by force make you stop wearing leather, fur, stop hunting and eating or using animals for any purpose if they could.
This is why i hate PETA:
Their arguments are getting so bogus that it’s laughable.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of whack-job PETA members sincerely believe in the legitimacy of arguments like that one and the sea kitten campaign is frightening. Damn hippies.
BTW, PETA received $31 million in contributions last year. ughughughughugh
I mailed them a ham samwich.
[quote]Murasame wrote:
ANIMALS GOT RIGHTS!!!
(To being tasty!!! on nom nom nom!!!)[/quote]
I like you, man…
I view PETA in the same way I view strict adherents of my Orthodox Judaic faith, which I presently am only a secular member of. I don’t believe in what they believe, but I am very glad that they exist. In some ways, their existence and conviction affords me the leisure of NOT having to do certain things, i.e. freedom.
Does this make sense? These extremists are protesting for the future of our planet so I don’t have to. Sure, they’re a bit far out and crazy sometimes, but that balances out equally extremist assholes on the other side.
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[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
No, we don’t. Most people don’t enjoy condoning ignorance and stupidity. Although I believe peta is overzealous in much of their campaigns, I believe that something is lost to those who mock them outright. Heads up, I AM A FARMER. I lop animals heads of with cutlery on a semi-regular basis. I love to eat meat. While I don’t believe in going vegan, I do feel that factory farming is a pretty horrible tragedy.
Animals are kept in pens so small they can barely move, fed the cheapest feed they can possibly get, and injected with a medical cocktail to compensate for the atrocious conditions they live in. As a meat eater I have to think, " Why would I eat an animal that was sick for its entire life?" I think that if we as a species are going to continue consuming other animals, we should at least have the decency to let them have a decent life beforehand. [/quote]
Amen
heh
Rippetoe quote:
Okay, have you ever been around chickens? They are stupid, uncooperative, inconvenient, ill-tempered creatures. They get what they deserve. Fuck chickens.
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P eople
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T asty
A nimals
[quote]Big Aristotle wrote:
BTW, PETA received $31 million in contributions last year. ughughughughugh
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I like how they spent almost all of the money on self-promotion and almost none of it on actually helping animals.
[quote]Pretzel Logic wrote:
Big Aristotle wrote:
BTW, PETA received $31 million in contributions last year. ughughughughugh
I like how they spent almost all of the money on self-promotion and almost none of it on actually helping animals.
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How do you suggest an organisation should spend money to help animals? Public knowledge programs are probably the most useful things they can have, and that gets them the most attention which leads to more contributions.
Saying they should spend it on helping animals is your way of insulting them without actually knowing anything about the subject.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
Shavit wrote:
Apart from the epic win, the look on that black dude’s eyes is priceless.
I see him saying “Doooooooooood???”
Farmers do you sell your livestock? if so to who?[/quote]
Sometimes I sell. If I do sell, it’s at a cattle auction. It’s actually a pretty legit way to make a profit.
Interesting read on cattle and their treatment.
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/peta-cspi-and-other-menaces/a-better-way-to-die/
[quote]Brant_Drake wrote:
Interesting read on cattle and their treatment.
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/peta-cspi-and-other-menaces/a-better-way-to-die/
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That was a very good article, thanks for posting it.
[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
No, we don’t. Most people don’t enjoy condoning ignorance and stupidity. Although I believe peta is overzealous in much of their campaigns, I believe that something is lost to those who mock them outright. Heads up, I AM A FARMER. I lop animals heads of with cutlery on a semi-regular basis. I love to eat meat. While I don’t believe in going vegan, I do feel that factory farming is a pretty horrible tragedy.
Animals are kept in pens so small they can barely move, fed the cheapest feed they can possibly get, and injected with a medical cocktail to compensate for the atrocious conditions they live in. As a meat eater I have to think, " Why would I eat an animal that was sick for its entire life?" I think that if we as a species are going to continue consuming other animals, we should at least have the decency to let them have a decent life beforehand. [/quote]
100% in agreement. Meat = Good. Factory Farming = Evil (and cruel and dangerous)
Besides, When I was a kid, steak was FULL of flavor. I can’t eat that stuff in the grocery store. It’s been steroid-ed and factory farmed to death. Why would anyone get behind that?
[quote]Brett295 wrote:
BrownTrout wrote:
No, we don’t. Most people don’t enjoy condoning ignorance and stupidity. Although I believe peta is overzealous in much of their campaigns, I believe that something is lost to those who mock them outright. Heads up, I AM A FARMER. I lop animals heads of with cutlery on a semi-regular basis. I love to eat meat. While I don’t believe in going vegan, I do feel that factory farming is a pretty horrible tragedy.
Animals are kept in pens so small they can barely move, fed the cheapest feed they can possibly get, and injected with a medical cocktail to compensate for the atrocious conditions they live in. As a meat eater I have to think, " Why would I eat an animal that was sick for its entire life?" I think that if we as a species are going to continue consuming other animals, we should at least have the decency to let them have a decent life beforehand.
You know you’re right but PETA just takes it too far. They have let a pro animal group warp into an anti human, liberal nut case group. They want to have fishing banned because it’s stressfull for the fish. Hunting would be illegal if it were up to PETA. They would also rather save all the poor dogs that were killed in Katrina instead of saving the hundreds of people that needed to be saved first. PETA is a Wacko liberal group that lives with their heads in the clouds, and I cant say that I agree with one thing they stand for.
Maybe someone should creat a group for the ethical treatment of animals raised for human consumption. I could get behind that cause because it would mean healthier meat for me. It might be more expensive meat but that’s ok I guess. As long as it’s not a government mandated thing. If people want healthy meat then capitalism will provide healthy meat. Right now the masses are saying give me cheap unhealthy meat and that’s what we have. [/quote]
Agree that PETA is a bunch of extremist nuts who do nothing but polarize people against aid to suffering animals.
However, in regards to Katrina, what PETA (and all animal rescue groups) did made sense. The animal rescue groups have the training and equipment to rescue and care for animals. Likewise, with the human rescue groups that were prevalent. If everyone worked only to save people in such situations it would leave all the animals to die. Then decay and disease would set in and spread, ultimately killing off untold numbers of people, anyway. Charitable organizations have to have a focus or it becomes impossible to successfully accomplish anything. And there are plenty of organizations to serve specific needs, though probably never enough money. Too bad our government, the biggest and most powerful ($) organization did nothing to help it’s own until the chorus of criticism became impossible to ignore. By then, it was too late for so many. At any rate, nobody chooses animals over people. But you do what your designed to do.