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spaniard
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25/M/miami, Florida Join Date: Aug 2008 | i just want to ask you one question.
can you please just take this a deeper thought for one moment?
think about what your lifestyle revolves around. im going to make the assumption that youve become a vegetarian because you dont want to have animals killed for your food supply. for many people, since animals cant clearly show their pain the same way humans do, its ok to have them killed for us to eat. but of course animals display a form of emotion. so, it pains many people to know that they senselessly die for our gain. just keep in mind, it is human nature to eat meat. anyways, animals are the obvious choice to beg for rights. but what about insects? we cant kill a cute bunny, but wont hesitate to kill a fly. insects dont have a central nervous system, which makes it ok to kill them. and while we're at it. its horrible to eat a plant! i mean, to make matters worse, all creatures eat plants while they are still living. each time you chew, each little cell membrane is in agony. if people were to show concern for animals, and demand some sort of equal rights, then it would only be fair to demand rights for all living things. then, what would you eat? i guess nothing right?
if one living thing deserves to live, then all should deserve to live.
OR
you can allow your basic needs be fulfilled and live a healthy life. | | |
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rogy
Meister 1090 points


51/M/, United Kingdom Join Date: Dec 2007 | noxus said: I don't see anything wrong with "P"eople, "E"ating, "Tasty","A"nimals
Zero points for originality. Noxus: perhaps you can tell us what right you have to eat the killed body of someone else?
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rogy
Meister 1090 points


51/M/, United Kingdom Join Date: Dec 2007 | justinswife said: I don't understand why so many people are against PETA.
I am a vegitarian myself and an animal rights actavist.
Could someone explain to me why so many people say it's wrong?
This is the latest thick-headed campaign from the children that run P*TA: link [www.peta.org]
They bring shame on the serious message of animal rights.
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cGobla
Über-Meister 2609 points


23/F/Enid, Oklahoma Join Date: Jun 2008 | rogy said: This is the latest thick-headed campaign from the children that run P*TA: link [www.peta.org]
They bring shame on the serious message of animal rights.
rogY
You are right a lot of times they do things that are unclassy or that make themselves look like jackasses but they have done more than any organization in history for animal rights. They routinely expose industries for illegal animal practices like animal cruelty. And they bring a lot of attention to animal rights

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rogy
Meister 1090 points


51/M/, United Kingdom Join Date: Dec 2007 | cGobla said: You are right a lot of times they do things that are unclassy or that make themselves look like jackasses but they have done more than any organization in history for animal rights. They routinely expose industries for illegal animal practices like animal cruelty. And they bring a lot of attention to animal rights
It is more accurate to say that they bring attention to animal welfarism which they call 'animal rights': link [www.thestar.com]
In the meantime, they try to silence animal rights philosophers (Like Gary Francione and Tom Regan) in favour of a progressive animal welfarist philosophy which is extremely problematic in terms of helping nonhuman animals. Listen to part 2 of this recent interview: link [www.animalvoices.ca]
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rogy
Meister 1090 points


51/M/, United Kingdom Join Date: Dec 2007 | BrokenRose said: I'm vegan but neutral about what PETA do or don't do. I don't know enough about it to say whether they do more good than bad or vice versa.
As far as for people saying PETA "protests violently", what counts as violence? If it's just holding up signs and screaming at the top of their lungs then it may be a little annoying but hardly violent.
If it was physical violence then I doubt as many people would support them since they are trying to promote peace for all living creatures and thats what humans are too, duh!
I think it is hard to be neutral about PeTA and their exploitation of women, for example.
link [www.thestar.com]
link [human-nonhuman.blogspot.com]
link [human-nonhuman.blogspot.com]
link [www.peta.org]
link [www.peta.org]
link [www.abolitionistapproach.com]
Many animal advocates are impressed by their web site/videos etc. Anyone with that much money could do the same. The problem is that there is no philosophical consistency.
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