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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176739,00.html
PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy Friday, November 25, 2005 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has begun a campaign to scare children into becoming vegetarians. The group, which formed to stop animal testing of consumer products but made its name by attacking women in fur coats with fake blood, is producing comic books that portray fathers as homicidal maniacs. The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." "PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does - it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom. But PETA insists that its comic is not outlandish. "The scientific facts are that fish feel pain in the same way as dogs and cats. It's no more acceptable to hook a fish through the mouth and drag them into your boat and slice them in half than it would be to do the exact same thing to a dog or a cat," said Bruce Friedrich, vegan campaign coordinator for PETA. Publicity stunts are nothing new for PETA, which has run ads featuring naked women in cages and people dressed in animal suits warning about the dangers of eating meat. But some critics feel the kid-targeted campaign goes too far. "This is traumatizing kids by the thousands. There's going to be long-term psychological damage from these kids being exposed to the material that PETA puts in front of them on a regular basis," Martosko said. But, Friedrich countered, "They can certainly find stuff that is more in your face on the Internet, more in your face on Saturday morning cartoons. We don't need to shelter our kids quite that much." The pamphlet follows a previous one that painted Mom as a "chicken killer." PETA claims its only goal is to reduce meat consumption by changing children's eating habits. Critics insist alienating children from their parents isn't in anyone's best interests - human or animal. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberalism: that haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help themselves without Government intervention. |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
How likely is it that your kid or mine will see any of this? My daughter has
made it 14 years of her life never hearing of PETA and most adults never heard of them either. Atleast the hillbillies I live around. "Dusty" wrote in message ... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176739,00.html PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy Friday, November 25, 2005 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has begun a campaign to scare children into becoming vegetarians. The group, which formed to stop animal testing of consumer products but made its name by attacking women in fur coats with fake blood, is producing comic books that portray fathers as homicidal maniacs. The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." "PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does - it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom. But PETA insists that its comic is not outlandish. "The scientific facts are that fish feel pain in the same way as dogs and cats. It's no more acceptable to hook a fish through the mouth and drag them into your boat and slice them in half than it would be to do the exact same thing to a dog or a cat," said Bruce Friedrich, vegan campaign coordinator for PETA. Publicity stunts are nothing new for PETA, which has run ads featuring naked women in cages and people dressed in animal suits warning about the dangers of eating meat. But some critics feel the kid-targeted campaign goes too far. "This is traumatizing kids by the thousands. There's going to be long-term psychological damage from these kids being exposed to the material that PETA puts in front of them on a regular basis," Martosko said. But, Friedrich countered, "They can certainly find stuff that is more in your face on the Internet, more in your face on Saturday morning cartoons. We don't need to shelter our kids quite that much." The pamphlet follows a previous one that painted Mom as a "chicken killer." PETA claims its only goal is to reduce meat consumption by changing children's eating habits. Critics insist alienating children from their parents isn't in anyone's best interests - human or animal. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberalism: that haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help themselves without Government intervention. |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA'slatest BS story.
Dusty wrote: The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." "PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does - it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom. I thought this was all pretty funny because it reminded me of about a year ago when my grandfather gave me a bluefish he'd caught earlier in the day. It was dead and cleaned, but not yet filleted. I'd never filleted a fish before so I had to pull out the cookbook and do it step by step. My son, 4 years old at the time, stood on a chair next to me and watched the whole process intently. He was disappointed that there were no inner organs for him to see -- he wanted to know where the heart was, where the stomach was, etc. He did enjoy seeing the bones, the fins, the meat parts. When I was done filleting the fish, he beamed, "I'm *so* *glad* I got to watch you fillet that fish, Dad!" So, I'm not sure their pamphlet would work on him. :^) - Ron ^*^ |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
You left off the best part (most harmful and libellous).
".....Until your daddy learns that it's not "fun" to kill, keep your doggies and kitties away from him. He's so hooked on killing defenceless animals that they could be next!" - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510. 757-622-7382 "Dusty" wrote in message ... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176739,00.html PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy Friday, November 25, 2005 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has begun a campaign to scare children into becoming vegetarians. The group, which formed to stop animal testing of consumer products but made its name by attacking women in fur coats with fake blood, is producing comic books that portray fathers as homicidal maniacs. The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." "PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does - it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom. But PETA insists that its comic is not outlandish. "The scientific facts are that fish feel pain in the same way as dogs and cats. It's no more acceptable to hook a fish through the mouth and drag them into your boat and slice them in half than it would be to do the exact same thing to a dog or a cat," said Bruce Friedrich, vegan campaign coordinator for PETA. Publicity stunts are nothing new for PETA, which has run ads featuring naked women in cages and people dressed in animal suits warning about the dangers of eating meat. But some critics feel the kid-targeted campaign goes too far. "This is traumatizing kids by the thousands. There's going to be long-term psychological damage from these kids being exposed to the material that PETA puts in front of them on a regular basis," Martosko said. But, Friedrich countered, "They can certainly find stuff that is more in your face on the Internet, more in your face on Saturday morning cartoons. We don't need to shelter our kids quite that much." The pamphlet follows a previous one that painted Mom as a "chicken killer." PETA claims its only goal is to reduce meat consumption by changing children's eating habits. Critics insist alienating children from their parents isn't in anyone's best interests - human or animal. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberalism: that haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help themselves without Government intervention. |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
Food for thought.
Many years ago, PETA had a campaign on tuna. They basically wanted dolfin-safe tuna meaning they did not like dolfins being killed in the tuna industry. But they ignored albacore being killed in the tuna industry. And then the op reminds me of the media suggesting peta's actions were tolerable when it aimed at non-father aimed campaign, but not when it comes to targetting children to their fathers. Selective? PETA was saying it's not ok to kill dolfins, but it's ok to kill albacore. The media is saying it's not ok to target kids in the campaign, but it's ok if it is targetted to non-kids (adults). Or at least tolerable. |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
"Tiffany" wrote in message news:lxsif.2535$tg3.1097@trnddc02... A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of a message. Q: Why is top posting a sloppy form of writing? http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post I'm still searching for a counterexample to the proposition that everyone named "Tiffany" is a bimbo. -- Top Posting Considered Harmful http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/usen.../faq_topp.html |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
Hmm.... interesting. Get a life.
T (top posting now just to annoy the hell out of you) "Society" wrote in message ... "Tiffany" wrote in message news:lxsif.2535$tg3.1097@trnddc02... A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of a message. Q: Why is top posting a sloppy form of writing? http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post I'm still searching for a counterexample to the proposition that everyone named "Tiffany" is a bimbo. -- Top Posting Considered Harmful http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/usen.../faq_topp.html |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
To be fair, volume 1 was, "Mommy Kills Animals".
"Dusty" wrote in message ... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176739,00.html PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy Friday, November 25, 2005 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has begun a campaign to scare children into becoming vegetarians. The group, which formed to stop animal testing of consumer products but made its name by attacking women in fur coats with fake blood, is producing comic books that portray fathers as homicidal maniacs. The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." "PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does - it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom. But PETA insists that its comic is not outlandish. "The scientific facts are that fish feel pain in the same way as dogs and cats. It's no more acceptable to hook a fish through the mouth and drag them into your boat and slice them in half than it would be to do the exact same thing to a dog or a cat," said Bruce Friedrich, vegan campaign coordinator for PETA. Publicity stunts are nothing new for PETA, which has run ads featuring naked women in cages and people dressed in animal suits warning about the dangers of eating meat. But some critics feel the kid-targeted campaign goes too far. "This is traumatizing kids by the thousands. There's going to be long-term psychological damage from these kids being exposed to the material that PETA puts in front of them on a regular basis," Martosko said. But, Friedrich countered, "They can certainly find stuff that is more in your face on the Internet, more in your face on Saturday morning cartoons. We don't need to shelter our kids quite that much." The pamphlet follows a previous one that painted Mom as a "chicken killer." PETA claims its only goal is to reduce meat consumption by changing children's eating habits. Critics insist alienating children from their parents isn't in anyone's best interests - human or animal. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberalism: that haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help themselves without Government intervention. |
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As if our kids don't have enough crap to deal.. Meet PETA's latest BS story.
PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy
Friday, November 25, 2005 features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." I guess they thought "Reefer Madness" was effective, too. -- "I ain't evil, I'm just good lookin'..." |
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