PETA for kids

[EternalFacepalm]

PETA is stupid. Why? Because it stands for "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals". Or something like that.
Are they trying to tell me there's a universal rule about what ethics are and aren't?
Also, they think 404 is a bunny. Cheers.

 

[Sethzard]

They funny thing is that if humans didn't eat a lot of the animals we do then they would die out as there would be nothing to protect them.

 

[Whateveralot]

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peta got "save animals", but they arent doing that. Theyre making animals more misserable (In a human way, we dont really know if an animal itself is even able to understand missery) and killing MUCH more animals than they save. The damage such hypocrisy inflicts on children goes further than just "twisted beliefs", it shakes the very fundation of what is right and wrong. Unlike religion, peta dont have a "God works in mysterious ways"-excuse whenever their action conflicts their views, so kids cant resort to that.

Am I right that PETA is a strictly American organisation? I'm from Europe and we don't have PETA in my country, at least (of course, we have our own nutters, but those seem to do "ok").

How does PETA act? How do they "save" animals? Or better yet, why / how do they kill them? :s That seems pretty damn wierd.

 

[Vault101]

Whenever an article starts with "It's super easy" I'm hit by overwhelming nausea...

like the mulsing issue in Australia...excuse me PETA we do that to sheep for a REASON (preventing fly strike) what you think we do it just for the lulz?

Ah, but that's participating in animal slavery by keeping sheep in the first place. God forbid that we should keep something that has been developed over the millennia of humanity such shepherding or such, and do things necessary for the well being of an animal like mulesing -_-' Sarcasm aside, PETA is like any group claiming moral superiority(sects, cults, atheistic circles, new communist youth,...) : everything anyone else does is wrong, no matter the reason.

On a side note, I love your Footrot Flats Fallout dog

I see no problem here, personally. If people are allowed to raise their children Christian, sports fans or metalheads, this seems reasonable.

The problem is not so much the choice of how they're raising their kids, that's fair enough, but rather the fact that this is one of those leaflet articles that aims to push kids not already part of PETA to juvenile activism. And misguided juvenile activism at that.

thanks

anyway thats another thing that has somwhat confused me about thease activists

I mean really if they had their way then what would we do with the sheep/cattle? release them into the wild? no one could afford to keep them without some kind of return, really all we could do is kill them since they no longer have a purpose (and not even if we are jsut using them for their products) I dont know what kind of effect releasing them into the wold would have (could they even surivie?)

which reminds me of an incident that happed a long time ago, bunch of activists released a bunch of minks (ferret liek things used for fur) into the wild..what did they do? fuck shit up environmentally....woo! way to go!

I think that its ok to farm animals, as long as its done humanley (as possiible)

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

I agree with PETA's goal, not their methods.

They do more harm than good to animals by blowing everything out of proportion.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Ugh


The ASPCA is more of the PETA that should be then what it is

If they got their shit together and did....Good...they could actually be taken seriously

 

[CarlMin]

Why all this hatred against PETA? Is this organization accountable for crimes I don't know about, or is it just that animal rights ethics and vegetarianism makes people furious?

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this page. It introduces children to the possibility of a vegetarian diet, encourages them to keep an eye up for animal abuse in their community, in their school - how can this possibly be wrong?

You're like republicans ranting about how liberals brainwash children with this homosexual acceptance agenda in that you keep blaming organizations for their "political motives" aimed at the "innocent children", while completely failing to explain why these political motives should be harmful in the first place.

 

[Beliyal]

Wow. PETA = evil? Where the fuck does this attitude come from?

Did I miss the part where liking games = being an aspy cockmuncher who hates all lifeforms incapable of being lol'd at in a forum?

Where'd this idea that being nice to animals = communist dictatorship or some bullshit? Are you all Republican Fox news rejects or what the fuck?

On the contrary. I'm about as liberal as you get, but when you see this clear brainwashing propaganda BS its best to call them out on it. And as a liberal, I find that trying to take away someone's liberties (see what I did there?) to be the epitome of evil.

Why is it brainwashing? Isn't it meant for kids who are interested in vegetarianism/veganism to find information they cannot find somewhere else? I mean, sure, the means are not really that great and the feel of aggression I get from reading the site is not so appealing to me, but if a kid wants to be a vegetarian and wants to find some justification to present to his or her family, what should he or she do? Sure, nowadays, there's a lot more information all over the internet, so you don't really have to be restricted to PETA. From my own experience, I would have been more than glad if I was able to find some information like this when I was 5-10 years old. I know I'd become a vegetarian much sooner and help myself greatly in the process.

They're not taking anyone's liberties away; they are informing those that want information. Unless vegetarian/vegan parents are forcing their kids to also be vegetarians/vegans against their will. But that's the fault of shit parents, not some PETA site. Besides, if a kid stumbles upon that page or someone shows it to him or her, so what? What harm can come from trying to be a vegetarian or a vegan? Sure, if you're uneducated and don't know how to do it properly, you'll get sick. However, if you do it right and you end up liking it, it's brainwashing? Well, if they end up not liking it, they'll stop being vegetarian. I find it ridiculous to condemn the whole idea before even trying it out properly. If a kid has a "phase" and wants to try it out, let them try it out.

Anyway, I'm not a PETA supporter and it gets on my nerves when I say "I'm a vegetarian" and everyone assumes I'm that crazy activist that molests other people. So I avoid using the term "vegetarian" because it somehow implies connections to PETA. If I say "I don't eat meat", nobody says a thing. I know PETA is not really a little angelic organization and I'd like if they would just stop giving vegetarians and vegans a bad name.

It will make you deficient in iron though...although they have tablets for that.

Well, from my own experience, this is completely untrue. I was eating meat for 18 years and I was deficient in iron for 18 years. The doctors couldn't quite believe it themselves and everybody kept asking me if I was a vegetarian. I wasn't. Now I am (almost 5 years) and my iron is fine. It's lower than average, but it's better than before (I inherited anaemia so I don't think I'll ever get rid of it). The point is, while I was eating meat and was deficient in iron, I felt weak and terrible and I couldn't do any type of activity that involved being active for more than 10 minutes. Now I don't eat meat, my iron is better and I have no problems with walking all day long, skiing, swimming or riding a bicycle. Talk about weird.

 

[Kroxile]

Wow. PETA = evil? Where the fuck does this attitude come from?

Did I miss the part where liking games = being an aspy cockmuncher who hates all lifeforms incapable of being lol'd at in a forum?

Where'd this idea that being nice to animals = communist dictatorship or some bullshit? Are you all Republican Fox news rejects or what the fuck?

On the contrary. I'm about as liberal as you get, but when you see this clear brainwashing propaganda BS its best to call them out on it. And as a liberal, I find that trying to take away someone's liberties (see what I did there?) to be the epitome of evil.

Why is it brainwashing? Isn't it meant for kids who are interested in vegetarianism/veganism to find information they cannot find somewhere else? I mean, sure, the means are not really that great and the feel of aggression I get from reading the site is not so appealing to me, but if a kid wants to be a vegetarian and wants to find some justification to present to his or her family, what should he or she do? Sure, nowadays, there's a lot more information all over the internet, so you don't really have to be restricted to PETA. From my own experience, I would have been more than glad if I was able to find some information like this when I was 5-10 years old. I know I'd become a vegetarian much sooner and help myself greatly in the process.

They're not taking anyone's liberties away; they are informing those that want information. Unless vegetarian/vegan parents are forcing their kids to also be vegetarians/vegans against their will. But that's the fault of shit parents, not some PETA site. Besides, if a kid stumbles upon that page or someone shows it to him or her, so what? What harm can come from trying to be a vegetarian or a vegan? Sure, if you're uneducated and don't know how to do it properly, you'll get sick. However, if you do it right and you end up liking it, it's brainwashing? Well, if they end up not liking it, they'll stop being vegetarian. I find it ridiculous to condemn the whole idea before even trying it out properly. If a kid has a "phase" and wants to try it out, let them try it out.

Anyway, I'm not a PETA supporter and it gets on my nerves when I say "I'm a vegetarian" and everyone assumes I'm that crazy activist that molests other people. So I avoid using the term "vegetarian" because it somehow implies connections to PETA. If I say "I don't eat meat", nobody says a thing. I know PETA is not really a little angelic organization and I'd like if they would just stop giving vegetarians and vegans a bad name.

Its brainwashing because of how they go about spreading their message. Its not about "Hey, if you're interested in this check this out!" its "do it this way or you're a horrible animal killer." Brainwashing by its very nature removes liberties from its victims by removing their freedom of choice. So, its in how the message is relayed not the message itself that causes harm.

 

[Chaza]

They funny thing is that if humans didn't eat a lot of the animals we do then they would die out as there would be nothing to protect them.

Protect them from what though?

 

[King Toasty]

God, I hate these guys. Shutting down zoos would hurt, more than help.
Sure, a few zoos badly mistreat animals. But what if every zoo let loose? The animals would all die. Almost every single one of them.

Except bears. Godless killing machines.

Captcha: Attention research. See, PETA? Pay attention and do your research!

 

[King Toasty]

They funny thing is that if humans didn't eat a lot of the animals we do then they would die out as there would be nothing to protect them.

Protect them from what though?

He means cows. Seriously, cows wouldn't survive a day and a half.
Now true, we /did/ breed them to be fat, stupid and delicious. But still.

 

[razerdoh]

I fully support People for the Eating of Tasty Animals, just acouple of hours ago i had some very good hamburgers whit bacon on top^^

 

[bulldogftw]

PETA, y u so stupid?!?.

 

[Amphoteric]

P-People For
E-Extortion
T-Terror and
A-Abuse

PETA is a disgusting organisation.

 

[TheDooD]

Are there animals being held hostage at your school, commonly known as ?classroom pets? or ?hatching experiments??

Pets Killed by PETA yearly.

Year 	Recv'd 	Moved 	Adopted 	Killed
2010 	2,345 	63 	44 	1.86% 	2,200 	93.8%
2009 	2,366 	31 	8 	0.34% 	2,301 	97.3%
2008 	2,216 	34 	7 	0.32% 	2,124 	95.8%
2007 	1,997 	35 	17 	0.85% 	1,815 	90.9%
2006 	3,061 	46 	12 	0.39% 	2,981 	97.4%
2005 	2,165 	69 	146 	6.74% 	1,946 	89.9%
2004 	2,655 	1 	361 	13.60% 	2,278 	85.8%
2003 	2,224 	1 	312 	14.03% 	1,911 	85.9%
2002 	2,680 	2 	382 	14.25% 	2,298 	85.7%
2001 	2,685 	14 	703 	26.18% 	1,944 	72.4%
2000 	2,681 	28 	624 	23.27% 	2,029 	75.7%
1999 	1,805 	91 	386 	21.39% 	1,328 	73.6%
1998 	943 	125 	133 	14.10% 	685 	72.6%
Total 	29,823 	540 	3,135 	10.56% 	25,840 	85.9%

Better being a live experiment than a corpse.

holy shit....

No wonder PETA misdirects information they can't let people found out their bias murderers. Well the people didn't already know that fact.

 

[jedizero]

Why all this hatred against PETA? Is this organization accountable for crimes I don't know about, or is it just that animal rights ethics and vegetarianism makes people furious?

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this page. It introduces children to the possibility of a vegetarian diet, encourages them to keep an eye up for animal abuse in their community, in their school - how can this possibly be wrong?

You're like republicans ranting about how liberals brainwash children with this homosexual acceptance agenda in that you keep blaming organizations for their "political motives" aimed at the "innocent children", while completely failing to explain why these political motives should be harmful in the first place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwUTY

Watch.
Learn.
Be educated.

Its harmful because the group all but supports and funds eco-terrorists. Its harmful because they say that they will save animals that they will adopt, but they take them into a van and kill them.

Its harmful because the one in charge admitted "Yes, we could become a no kill shelter. But we'd have to become a non-profit organisation."

Its harmful because they shout at the top of their lungs that if you're a diabetic, you shouldn't take insulin, because it was developed via animal testing. Even though people *need* it in order to survive! Their lives are not worth the chance that an animal might have been involved in the testing! If a cure for cancer was found, if it was tested on one animal, they'd scream that anybody who ever took it is a horrific animal killer and torturer.

Then in the same breath, one of their founding members says its ok for *her* to use insulin, after all, she's saving animals! Nobody else, though. Anybody else who does it is a horrible person who should be burned at the stake.

Their entire group is just rife with hypocrites, terrorists, and in general, sick bastards.

That. Is why all the hatred against PETA.

 

[Worgen]

I don't even trust regular vegetarians ( outside of religious ones) why should I care what these domestic terrorist say?

so you trust religious domestic terrorists then?

peta is the left wing equivalent of the nra, they are stupid but ultimately less harmful then the right wing version

No I don't .
And saying the NRA is more dangerous is an opinion (especially since they teach gun safety and don't demand you change your way of life for what they believe in, so in my opinion, saying the NRA is dangerous is unjustified in the case.)

well lets see, peta wants you to stop eating animals, the nra wants everyone to be able to buy assualt rifles, which one is potentially more deadly?