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Response to Reply #123
126. He is doing good, I just took them to be groomed today
Edited on Fri Oct-02-09 08:39 PM by merh
It always makes them so happy to be pampered.

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  Do you really hate PETA? Really? JanMichael  Oct-02-09 06:46 PM   #0 
   I don't hate them. I think they're very well-meaning fools. Some of whom are insane as well.  BlooInBloo   Oct-02-09 06:47 PM   #1 
   +1 n/t  tammywammy   Oct-02-09 06:48 PM   #2 
   +1.  TheWraith   Oct-02-09 06:56 PM   #11 
   +1, you probably think worse of me though  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:04 PM   #20 
   There *is* nothing worse to think of someone, by my lights, just fyi.  BlooInBloo   Oct-02-09 07:33 PM   #65 
      I love you Bloo  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:37 PM   #72 
      Nothing worse? How about calling someone "lunch"?  Boojatta   Oct-02-09 10:54 PM   #173 
   Why are people who care about factory farmed animals "fools?"  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:08 PM   #27 
   See post #3, that's why PETA's full of fools. n/t  tammywammy   Oct-02-09 07:09 PM   #28 
   There's a way..  sendero   Oct-02-09 07:29 PM   #62 
   +1  ccharles000   Oct-02-09 07:48 PM   #84 
   What Bloo said  havocmom   Oct-02-09 08:23 PM   #129 
   +1 nt  voc   Oct-03-09 12:53 AM   #185 
   Hey, look at pot and kettle getting along so well.  flvegan   Oct-03-09 12:56 AM   #186 
   People Eating Tasty Animals?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-02-09 06:48 PM   #3 
   Who's WE? Do you have multiple socks? nt  ShadesOfGrey   Oct-02-09 09:38 PM   # 
      Rational human beings.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-03-09 01:24 AM   #188 
   No, but I just recently went vegan, so . . .  Pool Hall Ace   Oct-02-09 06:50 PM   #4 
   By "vegan," you mean "Nazi," right?  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:02 PM   #18 
      Oh, are the words "vegan" and "Nazi" synonyms in GD?  Pool Hall Ace   Oct-02-09 07:49 PM   #86 
         Didn't you get the "Welcome to Veganistan" pamphlet?  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:51 PM   #90 
            ACK! You're not supposed to talk about it!  flvegan   Oct-02-09 07:54 PM   #96 
            Damnit! I always get my Vegan and Masonic handshakes mixed up, too!  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:57 PM   #101 
            Sadly, no. But I see they have a shop over at Cafe Press.  Pool Hall Ace   Oct-02-09 08:05 PM   #110 
   This calls for popcorn.  TheCowsCameHome   Oct-02-09 06:50 PM   #5 
   Sadly, it will have to be without butter due to cow-exploitation. Pass the salt, though.  Hekate   Oct-02-09 07:34 PM   #67 
   Yes, because they are extremists and don't care at all about  tonysam   Oct-02-09 06:51 PM   #6 
   "don't care at all about animals" -- Thanks, Dr. Telepathy!  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:05 PM   #22 
   Slavery  Treo   Oct-03-09 03:00 AM   #199 
   The are a collection of fools, flakes, and nuts, their leaders are hypocrites;  ProgressiveProfessor   Oct-02-09 06:52 PM   #7 
   No. Sometimes they annoy or even anger me, but more often they make me laugh  petronius   Oct-02-09 06:52 PM   #8 
   Who would Jesus browbeat?  Touchdown   Oct-02-09 06:52 PM   #9 
   hmmmm we aren't PETA members...and I am an athiest.  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:04 PM   #21 
      Who's an atheist? Jan or Michael?  Touchdown   Oct-02-09 07:27 PM   #59 
         I believe JanMichael's SO is an active DUer also.  Pool Hall Ace   Oct-02-09 07:35 PM   #70 
            Shame he can't let her speak for herself.  Touchdown   Oct-02-09 07:45 PM   #80 
   The scary thing about PETA  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 06:55 PM   #10 
   We aren't PETA members.  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:02 PM   #17 
   "We aren't PETA members"  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 07:22 PM   #50 
      Wife and I  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:43 PM   #78 
   Do you have any support for this ridiculous assertion? (edited)  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:07 PM   #25 
   Nope, s/he doesn't  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:09 PM   #29 
   It sounds like you're  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 07:26 PM   #55 
      how so? Because we don't believe in the animal farming industry  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 08:10 PM   #117 
         Funny, I hear similar appeals to emotion from the Operation Rescue nutbags  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 08:30 PM   #135 
   It's quite simple actually.  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 07:28 PM   #60 
      Again, I ask for support for your claims, not hyperbole or fantasy.  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:32 PM   #63 
      If I give you several are you going to address your own hyperbole?  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 07:37 PM   #73 
      I realize you're allergic to specificity, Chode, but...  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:44 PM   #79 
         *rofflemayo*  redqueen   Oct-02-09 07:47 PM   #82 
         I protest! *rofflemustard* is far superior. (nt)  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:53 PM   #92 
         Try reading the subject lines of your own posts  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 07:53 PM   #93 
            OK, I've read them all. Great subject lines, I must say!  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:56 PM   #99 
               Pretty much every one of your posts  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 08:05 PM   #108 
                  Allergies kicking in again? OK, I'll do your work for you:  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:25 PM   #132 
      Well let me walk you through this.  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 07:38 PM   #74 
         Do you not understand what the word "support" means?  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:50 PM   #89 
            So you are saying  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 07:55 PM   #98 
               No, I'm saying you're making assertions without support.  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:03 PM   #106 
                  Just go to PETA's  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 08:07 PM   #113 
                     The "proof" that was demanded was already provided back on post#73  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 08:23 PM   #130 
                     It's nice of you to answer for your fellow traveller, but...  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:37 PM   #142 
                        So now you want to pretend you're trying to be reasonable?  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 11:24 PM   #176 
                           "Specificsss, preciousssss--it BURNSSS usssss!"  Ignis   Oct-03-09 12:31 AM   #181 
                     Wow, that's pretty pathetic. "Got nothing" was apparently generous.  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:30 PM   #137 
                        Are you drunk?  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 08:35 PM   #140 
                           Which one of those two accounts is the sock puppet, then?  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:39 PM   #143 
      You HAVE benefited for years. All of your life. now, it's time  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 08:13 PM   #120 
   You lost me. Aren't humans animals?  ShadesOfGrey   Oct-02-09 09:25 PM   #153 
   Bull-fucking-shit! nt  Skip Intro   Oct-02-09 10:35 PM   #167 
   "Hate" is waaaaay too strong a word. I think they're funny fools who can get seriously out of line.  Stinky The Clown   Oct-02-09 06:56 PM   #12 
   How are they "silly fringe?"  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:03 PM   #19 
      You asked a question. You got my answer.  Stinky The Clown   Oct-02-09 07:21 PM   #46 
      Silly fring is the idea that I am opressing my goldfish...  Cid_B   Oct-03-09 05:04 AM   #205 
   I don't hate them at all. I do think, though, that some of the things  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 06:59 PM   #13 
   +1  redqueen   Oct-02-09 07:00 PM   #14 
   +2  JuniperLea   Oct-02-09 07:48 PM   #85 
   OP asked for an example - try the humane society  paulsby   Oct-02-09 07:57 PM   #100 
   PETA's founder wants my entire profession to cease to exist, and  kestrel91316   Oct-02-09 07:00 PM   #15 
   Where do you find any evidence that they want "pets" to  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:06 PM   #24 
   Right...  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 07:19 PM   #43 
   here....  Lisa0825   Oct-02-09 07:40 PM   #75 
   ...  whathehell   Oct-02-09 07:12 PM   #32 
   Hi Kestrel. Somehow I think the OP just wanted to watch a brawl. Btw, I like my pets and my vets....  Hekate   Oct-02-09 07:37 PM   #71 
   The "original OP" has a dog and cat (spoiled freaking rotten)  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:46 PM   #81 
   Thanks for reminding me how your profession benefits from cruelty  Critters2   Oct-02-09 10:49 PM   #171 
      Have you ever seen what is done to animals at the universities  merh   Oct-03-09 01:10 AM   #187 
   They are well-meaning and well-doing..."Fools"?...Only if you are ignorant  whathehell   Oct-02-09 07:01 PM   #16 
   I worry more about the suffering of my own species  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:06 PM   #23 
   OK< so you are one of those "I can only think about one thing at a  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:07 PM   #26 
   People around this nation are being kicked out of their house  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:23 PM   #51 
   Yep. And many of them are abandoning their pets in droves  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:47 PM   #83 
      If that is where your passion is  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:49 PM   #88 
      you mean like the humane society?  paulsby   Oct-02-09 07:59 PM   #103 
   Yep. It's the circle of compassion/empathy thing....  ShadesOfGrey   Oct-02-09 09:31 PM   #155 
   I think that goes hand in hand. Same as helping the earth be a better  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 07:10 PM   # 
   +1  Zoeisright   Oct-02-09 07:18 PM   #40 
   Ha!! Thanks!! Little Diva she is!  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 07:19 PM   #44 
   Thing is the animals spend plenty of time destroying each other  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:25 PM   #54 
      That isn't what this is about. I eat meat, but there are humane ways  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 07:27 PM   #57 
      Don't disagree  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:28 PM   #61 
         That isn't exactly what you said, but I, too, am not worried about PETA.  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 07:32 PM   #64 
         I don't believe in cruelty  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:34 PM   #69 
         So did you care more about the animals,  Big Blue Marble   Oct-03-09 12:18 AM   #179 
      I always wondered about that  JuniperLea   Oct-02-09 07:54 PM   #95 
         I've seen a cat absolutely torture a mouse  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 08:04 PM   #107 
            But we as humans don't have to torture anything.  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 08:07 PM   #114 
               Agreed  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 08:12 PM   #118 
   so you don't think it's all connected?  G_j   Oct-02-09 07:16 PM   #38 
      Enviromental protections  AllentownJake   Oct-02-09 07:21 PM   #47 
   Your post exemplifies just one of the reasons why PETA gets a bad rap  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 07:10 PM   #30 
   Uh huh. Did you read? I am not a member of PETA.  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:13 PM   #35 
   Right...  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 07:24 PM   #52 
      You are OK with tormented animals that live in filth, and then  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 10:24 PM   #165 
         Cheap parlor tricks don't work on me, sonny  MajorChode   Oct-03-09 01:46 AM   #194 
   Exactly. n/t  bbinacan   Oct-02-09 07:20 PM   #45 
   UPDATE: interesting. Not ONE post here...not ONE. Including a veterianarian  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:10 PM   #31 
   Try post #30, posted before your specious claim. Others have followed  ProgressiveProfessor   Oct-02-09 07:13 PM   #34 
   Just responded  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:14 PM   # 
   I support the ASPCA. n/t  tammywammy   Oct-02-09 07:14 PM   #36 
   Time to send up the flag  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 07:33 PM   #66 
   Well said re: the "which organization does more" bullshit.  redqueen   Oct-02-09 08:03 PM   #105 
      Ingrid Newkirk hasn't met a nut she didn't like  MajorChode   Oct-02-09 08:17 PM   #125 
         Damn. It's bad enough that PETA keeps all its loonies around...  redqueen   Oct-02-09 08:24 PM   #131 
         PETA gave his dad something like $25,000  Cid_B   Oct-03-09 05:31 AM   #206 
         Terrorism. Terrorism. Terrorism.  Luminous Animal   Oct-03-09 05:41 AM   #208 
            Were you raised next door to a refinery?  MajorChode   Oct-03-09 12:58 PM   #211 
   I know of two others  whathehell   Oct-03-09 11:50 AM   #210 
   "One other org"? Here's 2: The ASPCA founded 1866; the Humane Society founded 1954...  Hekate   Oct-02-09 07:12 PM   #33 
   And they haven't been all that successful against corporations  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:15 PM   #37 
   No, they don't pull big stunts  Confusious   Oct-02-09 07:24 PM   #53 
   See? Two great examples. And not a single "mmm, steak" reference!  Ignis   Oct-02-09 07:16 PM   #39 
   They do some stupid stuff, but mostly, they are a very good org.  liberalmuse   Oct-02-09 07:18 PM   #41 
   But there you go saying such things as flesh eaters and eating  Shell Beau   Oct-02-09 07:26 PM   #56 
   Right in your post, the smug self-righteuos attitude of dead certainty you are correct  Ikonoklast   Oct-02-09 07:43 PM   #77 
   Why do people hate PETA?  Raineyb   Oct-02-09 08:36 PM   #141 
   yes, i really do hate them.  dysfunctional press   Oct-02-09 07:19 PM   #42 
   I wouldn't take this crowd too seriously...Most seem to care more  whathehell   Oct-02-09 07:22 PM   #48 
   We care  Confusious   Oct-02-09 07:27 PM   #58 
   Scientist here...yeah, I'm not fond of them  Zodiak   Oct-02-09 07:22 PM   #49 
   Beagle lover here. I've seen some of the harm "scientists" have done to  Critters2   Oct-02-09 10:51 PM   #172 
      You mean working to cure diseases?  Zodiak   Oct-03-09 09:35 AM   #209 
         Actually, no. I do my best to avoid treatments that are a direct result of animal  Critters2   Oct-03-09 08:10 PM   #212 
   Their good work is over shadowed by their dumb campaigns for vegetarianism  Matariki   Oct-02-09 07:34 PM   #68 
   So. Will you feel 100% comfortable when you eat your next  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 07:49 PM   #87 
      If you think vegetarianism==enlightenment, you're an arrogant fool  Matariki   Oct-02-09 07:52 PM   #91 
      Same reason you're going to burn in hell if you use the birth control pill.  Warren DeMontague   Oct-02-09 09:37 PM   #158 
      No, because fried food isn't good for you.  Warren DeMontague   Oct-02-09 09:35 PM   #157 
      I'll sleep like a baby NT  Treo   Oct-03-09 03:46 AM   #203 
   I love this.  flvegan   Oct-02-09 07:41 PM   #76 
   TOTALLY Agree ...  Raine   Oct-02-09 07:54 PM   #97 
   Ummmm...  GirlAfire   Oct-02-09 08:09 PM   #116 
   I don't think his girlfriend would like that.  LeftyMom   Oct-03-09 03:06 AM   #202 
   You know why I keep telling it, right?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-02-09 08:17 PM   #124 
      Because you love me so?  flvegan   Oct-02-09 08:40 PM   #144 
   i'll name one - the humane society  paulsby   Oct-02-09 07:53 PM   #94 
   Have they stopped euthanizing most of the animals they rescue?  redqueen   Oct-02-09 07:59 PM   #102 
   No, and why would they?  flvegan   Oct-02-09 08:06 PM   #112 
   Can we stop believing everything the CCF says? Please?  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:51 PM   #150 
   I hate peta  backwoodsbob   Oct-02-09 08:00 PM   #104 
   I like peta when they document people who break the law or organizational rules  aikoaiko   Oct-02-09 08:05 PM   #109 
   That's roughly the same as my position.  Ignis   Oct-02-09 08:44 PM   #146 
   Sorry, we're still doing "sex police versus the phallic patriarchal paradigm".  Warren DeMontague   Oct-02-09 08:05 PM   #111 
   Anyone having some good vegan buttery topping to share?  Gormy Cuss   Oct-02-09 08:07 PM   #115 
   It's like the right's obsessive hate for ACORN  merh   Oct-02-09 08:13 PM   #119 
   That's what I think too  JanMichael   Oct-02-09 08:15 PM   #123 
   He is doing good, I just took them to be groomed today  merh   Oct-02-09 08:18 PM   #126 
   No, I don't hold PETA responsible for anything except what PETA has officially endorsed & done.  Warren DeMontague   Oct-02-09 08:20 PM   #127 
   That's not really a good analogy, is it?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-02-09 08:22 PM   #128 
      Yeah, its about the same  merh   Oct-02-09 08:30 PM   #136 
         Whereas you overlook all the bad they do.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Oct-02-09 08:32 PM   #138 
            I don't overlook it, I do realize they do good things too though.  merh   Oct-02-09 08:34 PM   #139 
   Here's just a handful of quotes from the batshit insane Ingrid Newkirk..  Baikonour   Oct-02-09 08:13 PM   #121 
   Wow. Just wow.  Hekate   Oct-03-09 12:52 AM   #184 
   delete  merh   Oct-02-09 08:15 PM   #122 
   +1  stevedeshazer   Oct-02-09 08:25 PM   #133 
   I love Peta  Libertas1776   Oct-02-09 08:27 PM   #134 
   PETA Rocks!  tekisui   Oct-02-09 08:40 PM   #145 
   a recognition in any degree  G_j   Oct-02-09 09:18 PM   #152 
   Pet Rocks!  Hekate   Oct-03-09 12:49 AM   #183 
   +1  alittlelark   Oct-03-09 01:35 AM   #191 
   Na. I don't hate them. But I will keep eating my home made burgers.  southernyankeebelle   Oct-02-09 08:44 PM   #147 
   No, I do think it less than productive to attempt to shame people into supporting your position  bridgit   Oct-02-09 08:45 PM   #148 
   A boy is a dog is a mouse is a spider is a bacteria - all are equal and antibiotics are evil  stray cat   Oct-02-09 08:50 PM   #149 
   Harassing children of scientists and threatening to torch their houses and family  stray cat   Oct-02-09 08:51 PM   #151 
      When did this PETA organization do that specifically?  flvegan   Oct-02-09 09:37 PM   #159 
      I don't believe the ALF has ever done anything like that...  armyowalgreens   Oct-02-09 09:38 PM   #160 
   I LOVE PETA  Raine   Oct-02-09 09:29 PM   #154 
   +1  Arugula Latte   Oct-03-09 08:13 PM   #213 
   no I dont.  Mari333   Oct-02-09 09:33 PM   #156 
   I think they're insane if they think they're going to convert anyone to  Arkana   Oct-02-09 09:48 PM   #161 
   I do. I hate how they promote their message on the backs of objectifying women and fat people.  Brickbat   Oct-02-09 09:50 PM   #162 
   No. They're relatively harmless & often amusing.  Vidar   Oct-02-09 09:57 PM   #163 
   The ignorance here is appalling. God bless PETA.  1620rock   Oct-02-09 10:22 PM   #164 
      I'll second that. God Bless PETA!  Skip Intro   Oct-02-09 10:34 PM   #166 
      I'm a proud member of PETA. nt  Critters2   Oct-03-09 01:33 AM   #190 
      Sorry if my joking offended you. I really have nothing against PETA.  Vidar   Oct-03-09 01:41 AM   #193 
   Why does it surprise you? They do it to themselves.  Prism   Oct-02-09 10:43 PM   #168 
   I don't hate PETA...  cynatnite   Oct-02-09 10:45 PM   #169 
   I don't hate them. They mean well, but they sound like crybabies sometimes  bluestateguy   Oct-02-09 10:46 PM   #170 
   I am PETA. A card carrying member for years, now. nt  Critters2   Oct-02-09 10:54 PM   #174 
   One of the key ways to judge an organization....  Cid_B   Oct-02-09 11:00 PM   #175 
   The television tells me to. (n/t)  Iggo   Oct-02-09 11:26 PM   #177 
   PETA annoys me.  Arkana   Oct-02-09 11:52 PM   #178 
   One organization. The National Parks Service.  Touchdown   Oct-03-09 12:22 AM   #180 
   Why I hate Peta  Treo   Oct-03-09 12:33 AM   #182 
   CCF propaganda.  Critters2   Oct-03-09 01:32 AM   #189 
      Was the vet that they interviewed lying?  Treo   Oct-03-09 01:40 AM   #192 
         They were fired well before they were convicted.  Critters2   Oct-03-09 01:48 AM   #195 
            They may have been fired  Treo   Oct-03-09 01:59 AM   #196 
               You're cruel to animals because you think it hurts PETA?  Critters2   Oct-03-09 02:08 AM   #197 
                  I'm sorry where did I say I was cruel to animals?  Treo   Oct-03-09 02:56 AM   #198 
                  I suppose these guys are bergman plants as well NT  Treo   Oct-03-09 04:01 AM   #204 
   Really, no. Not personally nor do I hate ACORN  Rex   Oct-03-09 03:02 AM   #200 
   I think some of their ad campaigns are counter productive  spiritual_gunfighter   Oct-03-09 03:04 AM   #201 
   this thread useless without  backwoodsbob   Oct-03-09 05:31 AM   #207 
 

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