The truth about PETA

PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) has never been one of my favorite groups. I'm semi-vegan (I do still eat eggs and cheese and occasionally drink milk although soy milk is what I use at home) for several reasons, none of which include equating killing animals for food with murder. Now, I have yet one more reason to hate them.

PETA is killing dogs and cats by the thousands. Not strays, hurt or ill animals, but going to veterinarians and animal shelters under the pretense of finding homes for the animals, then euthanizing them (watch CNN's video here: http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2005/12/17/peta.kills.pets.cnn).

Now I don't blame PETA for the actions of its employees if they are acting on their own, without PETA's consent or authority. But the reaction of PETA's president and co-founder is that what those employees did was consistent with PETA's philosophy. Since they didn't inflict pain or suffering on those poor animals, it's just fine that they killed them. It was humane, after all.

But it gets worse. PETA provides financial aid and support for ALF (Animal Liberation Front) and ELF (Earth Liberation Front). You probably know ALF and ELF by their more common names: fucking nutcases who commit arson and attempted murder because they are so much more enlightened than the rest of us. You can read all about this here: http://www.activistcash.com/organization_blackeye.cfm/oid/21.

And PETA has tax-exempt status. That's right, boys and girls, all of the money that they receive is non-taxable income. And non-taxable income means that the taxpayers have to pay more to cover the taxes that aren't collected from the tax-exempt organization. In other words, you and I, my friend, are footing the bill so that PETA can continue to fund domestic terrorists.

And if you'd like to know what motivates PETA, well you can read about that here: http://www.activistcash.com/organization_motivation.cfm/oid/21. Be warned, though, that reading the statements there may just make you see red, especially PETA President Ingrid Newkirk's comments comparing the Holocaust victims to broiler chickens, or her declaration that "I don't believe that people have the right to life." They also don't believe that dogs, cats, horses, etc. should be kept as pets, or that the blind should have seeing-eye dogs.

Well fuck you. Fuck all of you. Human beings are higher up on the food chain, and if God didn't want us to eat them He would have said so in the Bible. Nowhere in the Ten Commandments does it say 'Thou shalt be vegetarians and not eat meat or animal products.' If your belief is that God doesn't want us to eat our animal friends, please don't be offended. I'm not saying that God is for or against us eating meat. I do believe that PETA is using whatever straws it can grasp at, including trying to twist God's Word to suit their agenda.

Oh, and for you parents out there, PETA targets children as young as six years old with its graphic materials (want to see a sample? click here for the full report, including a sample of one of their 'comic book' covers, Your Mommy Kills Animals, as well as the sexually suggestive billboard PETA had posted near an elementary school: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/downloads/reference/docs/040817_petakids.pdf).

Here are some quotes from PETA:

“We feel that animals have the same rights as a retarded human child because they are equal mentally in terms of dependence on others.”
— The New York Times

Yeah, well both the animals and the retarded kid are YOUR mental superiors, PETA.

“[Eating meat] is not your personal decision, any more than, you know, whether somebody beats their child is their personal decision.”
— “Animal Rights 2002” convention

What the fuck??? People eat meat because human beings cannot survive without food. People beat their children for the same reason you burn down buildings and encourage children to become domestic terrorists, you sick bastards.

“I think [food producers] should appreciate that we’re only targeting their property. Because frankly I think it’s time to start targeting them.”
— "Conference on Organized Resistance," American University

Ever heard of "an eye for an eye"? If you dish it out, be prepared to get it back in return.

“Here’s a little model I’m going to show you here. I didn’t have any incense, but -- this is a crude incendiary device. It is a simple plastic jug, which you fill with gasoline and oil. You put in a sponge, which is soaked also in flammable liquid -- I couldn’t find an incense stick, but this represents that. You put the incense stick in here, light it, place it -- underneath the ‘weapon of mass destruction,’ light the incense stick -- sandalwood works nice -- and you destroy the profits that are brought about through animal and earth abuse. That’s about two dollars.”
— "Conference on Organized Resistance," American University

Umm...did it ever occur to you that you just gave instruction on how someone could destroy your own headquarters and homes? Talk about dumbfucks.

“We are complete press sluts.”
— Ingrid Newkirk, in The New Yorker

...among other things...

If you want more information go to http://www.petakillsanimals.com. Oh, just one more thing: PETA President Ingrid Newkirk made the statement that the world would be a better place if there were no humans.

Actions speak louder than words, Ingrid. If you truly believe that, you should be the first person to leave.