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In reply to the discussion: Memo to PETA: Go F *** Yourselves for traumatizing children. [View all]CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)Personally, I was greatly traumatized by a Farm Sanctuary demonstration at Thanksgiving. It was there for all to see, children included, with graphic photos of the unspeakably cruel treatment of factory farm animals. I'm GLAD I saw it. I became a vegetarian on the spot. I've since gone vegan.
The Farm Sanctuary materials were far more horrific that this PETA cartoon, which I think is unlikely to cause any significant trauma -- think about the violence kids see in the media on any given day, which doesn't seem to outrage the anti-PETA crowd for some mysterious reason. We need to stop sanitizing the truth about how animals are tortured for our cheap consumption, for everyone, including kids. They can learn to be compassionate at a very young age. Maybe this isn't the best way, but it's hardly worthy of the faux outrage seen here.