PETA does it again..

[dobak]

Once again, PETA has managed to make themselves look foolish

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103512,00.html

(I know it is from Fox, but the story is an AP story)


I guess that PETA is planning on running an ad criticizing American Idol start Clay Aiken for a comment he made about cats.

"There's nothing worse to me than a house cat. When I was about sixteen, I had a kitten and ran over it. Seeing that cat die, I actually think that its spirit has haunted me. I wasn't afraid of cats before. But now they scare me to death," Aiken told Rolling Stone.

He doesn't like cats, so PETA is going to waste $$$ attacking him?

Who else thinks that PETA is becoming a joke?

[rumguy]

1. PETA is absurd

They need a change of leadership all they do is attack celbrities and dress up in ridiculous costumes...they aren't legit anymore...there is a need to fight against real animal cruelty but this ain't the way to do it...

[dobak]

2. exactly...

Their cause is good but their recent tactics are plain stupid

[loyalsister]

44. The worst part is

their absurdity is now more visible than their nobility.
They diminish their own good work when it is overshadowed by the irrationality of the inconsequential things that they address.

[OneBlueSky]

3. great cause, stupid people . . .

and so it goes . . .

[Hippo_Tron]

4. You know your liberal organization has a problem...

When DUers dislike it almost as much as freepers.

[arewethereyet]

5. the ship sailed on becoming a joke a long time ago

they are now an albatros

[depakid]

6. From Fox News?

If you're going to dis PETA, couldn't you find another source. Frankly, seeing the fox url and knowing some DU'r actually spends time on that site disturbs me more than the cat story.

[Pompitous_Of_Love]

46. For Pete's sake...

if you see the words "fox news" in a post and you are so offended by them, why subject yourself to the torture of actually reading anything further? Hit the back button so those of us who actually paid attention to what was said in the post can discuss the topic. He noted that the Fox link was derived from an AP wire story. I first read it yesterday on the NYT AP wire and saw the ad itself on CNN while eating lunch. It's very clear that this wasn't something drummed up out of context by Fox News (which, by the way, I don't watch or visit on the Web. My opinion of that outfit is pretty much the same as yours).

[ShaneGR]

7. Whoever is running PETA needs to resign, immediately

Add this to the MOUNTAIN of stupid things they've done in the last year. I'm personally fond of when they sent a letter to Roy (From Sigfried and Roy), while he was still in critical condition!

[ermoore]

8. morons

I'd be ashamed to be affiliated with them now. Ridiculous. I mean, do we all have to LIKE every animal now?

[canuckagainstBush]

9. .

PETA became a joke long ago. I probably dislike it as much as any Freeper would.
Radical extremists on our side are no better than radicals on the other side.

[bobbyboucher]

10. I love PETA.

The truth hurts. Why so many here waste so much time bashing PETA is beyond me. If you base your opinion of PETA upon a Faux News article and bring it to this forum and then say they are hurting "OUR" cause, well then you are suspect. To me anyway.

PETA just points out the unabashed mistreatment of animals in our society. If you don't like that, hey, sorry. If you attack PETA because you think they are hurting "our" cause based upon what you read in Faux, then perhaps you should research the group a little more and get another perspective.

Who was it who said "You can judge a nation by how it treats its animals"?

Well I think you can judge a poster by how he treats PETA, cause it is always interesting to see how a person acts when he comes face to face with his principles.

[rumguy]

11. PETA attacking Clay Aiken

for some comment about his childhood is stupid, possibly even insane. Faux news has nothing to do with it.

[WindRavenX]

12. Gandhi said that

And I am at odds with PETA nearly every day.
I support use of animal testing for scientific purposes only; cosmetic use or anything of the sort should be banned.
But PETA has pulled some stupid stunts, and this is one of them. Clay Aiken, whom I have no love of, said nothing deserving of PETA's wraith. He admitted his wrong and feels bad about it- it's not like he said "I killed cats when I was a kid, and I think everyone should do that!" He feels bad...I don't see why PETA is on his case :shrug:

[ermoore]

15. Stupid Quote.

Like the dude said it was Ghandi, but I'm pretty sure the quote actually went more like, "You can judge a nation by how it treats its minorities." Not animals.

[luckyluke]

20. No, he did say 'animals'...

...and it is true, if you think about it.

[bobbyboucher]

24. Don't confuse him with reality.

Or Faux either, for that matter.

[ermoore]

28. Well, boy is my face red.

I apologize, though I don't particularly think that it's necessarily true.

[SmileyBoy]

18. I base my opinion of PETA on the fact that they try to convert everyone.

If you could just instead look at the type of behaviour these idiots have towards good citizens who choose to eat meat, and not just look at the notion of eating meat, and see the actual crappy behaviour they exhibit, then maybe you'd see why I hate the sons of bitches.

Oh, and also their so called "facts and figures and evidence" like beer being better than milk i.e., is bull-craaaayyyyyyaaaaap.

[luckyluke]

30. Wait a minute there...

...I like to think I take animal rights pretty seriously. I'm vegetarian, and don't approve of needless killing. I educate others to what extent I can.

Some of PETA's positions (such as spay/neuter) do make sense. However a lot of what they say is sensationalist and deliberately outrageous publicity stunt stuff. *That*, yes, *does* hurt the cause of animal rights.

-ll

[bobbyboucher]

36. Do you think that your average

animal abuser actually becomes more abusive do to PETA? What do you suppose the cumulative effect upon animal treatment becomes, because of the actions of PETA?

[Pompitous_Of_Love]

47. PETA is a mix of...

ambulance-chasing opportunism, narcissism, really bad performance art and mime. And God, I hate mimes!

[theoceansnerves]

13. since you've all made up your minds already

I guess it doesn't matter that AP/Fox left out the beginning of the quote which reads "I think cats are Satan." If you've seen the ad it simply reads "Get neutered. It didn't hurt Clay Aiken." It's something Triumph would say. It's just silly, not an "attack."

[WindRavenX]

14. But see..

Even then this just seems, like you said, silly. He said cats are Satan. Something tells me he wasn't anywhere near serious when he said that.
Even if he was- why does that deserve PETA's anger? It just seems ridiculous to me...

[bobbyboucher]

32. Uh maybe because

he is an idiot for saying such a stupid thing?

[bobbyboucher]

21. Of couse they missed that,

they are on the attack, being used by Faux. Perhaps on purpose.

[SmileyBoy]

16. Oh, that craaaayyy-zy PETA!!!

What a bunch of ass-munches. I'll eat a burger if I damn-well please. I don't want some vego-nazis trying to yell at me about me living my normal life.

[pruner]

23. ass-munches

[bobbyboucher]

26. Go right ahead.

PETA is just pointing out the cruelty of it all.

By the way, do you know how many cattle are represented in your average burger in this day and age?

[Eric J in MN]

48. do not use the term Nazi so loosely

Nazi is a serious term.

You wouldn't want someone calling you that.

No one is stopping you from eating all the meat you want.

Please be more cautious in using the term "Nazi."

[pruner]

17. Clay Aiken deserves to be attacked…

but the attacks should be based on his singing… not his dislike of cats.

[quaker bill]

19. It is a hopeless cause

They are seeking rights for animals that we don't even afford humans.

I say let's figure out human rights first. Then we can move down the evolutionary scale with some confidence.

[bobbyboucher]

29. In the meantime,

let's torture some animals.

[luckyluke]

22. PETA is no doubt a bunch of kooks...

...but you have to admit the quote (from Triumph the Dog, not PETA) was pretty funny.

[dreissig]

25. Killing Cats

Killing cats horrifies me. I don't know who Clay Aiken is, but if he talks lightly about killing cats, I'm glad that somebody is criticizing him.

PETA does a good job raising awareness of the mistreatment of animals. I'm all for 'em!

[rumguy]

27. I think I'm gonna cook up a tasty

late night steak...I'm hungry

[bobbyboucher]

31. Porterhouse or t-bone?

Just curious. Do you wonder why I am curious about whether it is one of those two cuts?

[rumguy]

35. why?

it's a t-bone and it's cooking right now...it's gonna be juicy

[bobbyboucher]

37. Notice that half-circle shaped notch

in the T?

[rumguy]

38. you're not gonna make me feel guilty about eating it

[bobbyboucher]

39. I'm really not concerned with guilt here.

Just the proximity of that cut to the spinal column.

[rumguy]

40. I'm gonna wash it down with chicken broth...

and then top it off with some oppossum pie...I trapped this possum outside my house and tried to keep it as a pet...but it ended up dying..so I made a pie out of him...

[bobbyboucher]

41. Possum Pie, yummy.

I am not against eating beef or any meat for that matter. I just get a kick out of defending PETA from the onslaught. I really believe that they are way ahead of their time with this whole animal cruelty thing and they just want to get some points across. They are not the bad guys, as much as some here would make you think.

As for the t-bone, that notch is where the spinal column passes, and if there is any amount of mad cow lurking, it is more likely to be around that area.

[sujan]

42. would you like some cat with that?

[pruner]

33. bonsai kittens

http://www.bonsaikitten.com/

[Dover]

34. Who can I sue for NOT running over Clay Aching?

Worse than the sound of two cats fighting....

[E_Zapata]

43. they are an embarrassment.....and they GIVE credence

to the backlash against liberals.

Amazing.......

Makes me want to eat steak every damn time they do stupid stuff like this!

In fact, I can't even HEAR animal activists without doing everything I can to tune them out; even though I know a lot of what activists say is well-founded. But if they can't put a LEASH on the head org.......what do they expect? blind reverence?

[RebelOne]

45. I am an animal rights advocate

but PETA does go to extremes. There are many of their views that I do not agree with. One, for example, is the banning of wearing silk because the silkworms are being exploited. Give me a break, it's a bug and I hate bugs!