Stuuuuuuu wrote:
Good points Phil. I guess my reaction was more over this feeling I got that well, so what if someone else thinks people shouldn't eat meat? I drink alcohol, and there are plenty of people who feel that is an evil lifestyle, but I don't feel the need to tell them to go F themselves.
I'm all for vegetarians and vegans who enjoy their lifestyle without forcefully preaching it onto those who gladly eat meat. I am NOT okay with PETA's youth outreach program producing comics such as "Your Mommy Kills Animals" with this cover art:

And I'm NOT okay with PETA comparing animals kept as farm animals or pets to Holocaust victims (
here,
here, and
here) or the various races enslaved during less-enlightened times (
here and
here), as they're wont to do. And I'm NOT okay with PETA encouraging underage drinking with their "Got Beer" campaign just because they want kids to drink less milk. I'm also NOT okay with them running ads of Rudy Giuliani (is that sp right?) saying "Got prostate cancer" to play on speculation dairy products increase risk of prostate cancer.
PETA uses antagonistic, forceful, condescending tactics that they gladly spread far and wide, often disturbing the general public's daily life to shove their campaign down our throats. I'd be perfectly 100% okay with PETA if it stuck to reigning in animal cruelty among corporations and making sure circus and farm animals are well-kept, but they go out of their way to fuck with everyone else. So, in conclusion, PETA can go fuck themselves.
Edit: OK, one last thing - did you know PETA covertly funds the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation front, whether through associate groups or via defense funds for incriminated members? And that both the ALF and ELF are listed as "domestic terrorist organizations"?