When you see a PETA post

[bbinacan]

Poll question: When you see a PETA post

I lean toward the rare steak.

[Hydra]

1. I'm evil

I saw the almost naked bullfighting protesters and thought, "I could really go for a steak, if I could afford it..."

[BlooInBloo]

2. Med-rare for me, thanks.

[Name removed]

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[bbinacan]

Most likely in jail. n/t

[xchrom]

4. i like PETA -- and i like a medium rare steak --

but i don't think about PETA whn i'm eating a steak -- and i don't think about a steak when i think about PETA -- but this OP makes me wanna take a shit.

[xchrom]

5. i like PETA -- and i like a medium rare steak --

but i don't think about PETA whn i'm eating a steak -- and i don't think about a steak when i think about PETA -- but this OP makes me wanna take a shit.

[bbinacan]

9. Hope you have

plenty of toilet paper.

[xchrom]

11. i'll just print out this thread -- and there'll be more than enough. nt

[bbinacan]

15. Glad I could help. n/t

[xchrom]

18. i'm glad you could too--

i'll call ya the next time i need help shittin.

[optimal-tomato]

47. Make sure to use this part.

Every PETA-friendly lib's favorite toilet paper.

[seabeyond]

6. i think hypocrites of the worst order. kinda like the christian coalition.

they go off the sanctimonious holier than thou protecting animal in the most unethical ways lacking integrity. i dont believe win at all cost.

[sea four]

22. Hypocrites

Sort of like people who condemned Michael Vick for what he did but have no problem with the horrible conditions in slaughterhouses. :puke:

[seabeyond]

35. wasnt peta tying their name into vick for publicity? yes, that.

i had forgotten about that one. they have so many

[Lorien]

7. Other; wondering what the fuck a poll like this is doing on a liberal

site. Just trying to stir up a flame war, eh? Or is compassion for living things no longer something that we're supposed to have around here?

[bbinacan]

10. There are many here

that think PETA is fucked in the head. Do a damned search.

[sandnsea]

19. Very inflammatory

Although you don't have to be a member of peta to have compassion for living things.

[Forkboy]

8. I think how awesome it is that PETA turns people into instant idiots.

[bbinacan]

13. I agree,

just look at the PETA supporters.

[xchrom]

16. just look at your OP --

oy -- the shit in one poll.

it's like a weeks worth of granola.

[Forkboy]

20. Guess your house is mirrorless.

[bbinacan]

23. ?

[xchrom]

14. ...

:spray:

[KamaAina]

12. I'll have the grilled sea kitten, please!

:eyes:

[bbinacan]

25. How do you like it cooked? n/t

[sandnsea]

17. Unrecommend, this isn't necessary n/t

[bbinacan]

21. Why?

[Buzz Clik]

24. It makes me think of sea kittens, and I become afraid.

[jaysunb]

26. Hypocrites

:evilfrown:

[Touchdown]

27. What's PETA? People for the Eating of Tasty Animals?

:shrug:

[bbinacan]

29. Yes.

You scored Touchdown!

[Strong Atheist]

28. I think of naked people, which reminds me that we should be living in a

clothing-optional world, but aren't... :(

[H2O Man]

30. Other.

This is the first PETA post I've seen on DU in a long time. It doesn't make me hungry. Just seems like a mindless attempt to start a conflict.

[bbinacan]

31. I was inspired by

the anti-tobacco posts of late.

[chimpyisstillsatan]

32. I think "terrorists"

who hate biomedical scientists like me and would terrify my children if they though one less rat would die.

[hyphenate]

33. I respect the work that PETA does

even if I don't always agree with their execution.

I've seen horrific things going on in this world in respect to animal abuse, and it hurts me inside to see it, or to know that it's there.

PETA resorts to ludicrous behavior sometimes because some people can't do the introspection it requires to be more compassionate toward animals. They need to be hit over the head with a sledgehammer, and that's what PETA does in its own way.

If you see an animal in distress, or in pain, or being harmed in some way, your reaction is likely guided by PETA in an indirect fashion--they make the noise we all would like to think we're doing, but never actually do.

[bbinacan]

36. I have seen animals in

pain, and I didn't need PETA to influence my actions. Case in point. At about 11 years old, I hit a rabbit with my bike. I brought it home, built a pen, and tried to take care of it, to no avail. I had to leave when my father put it out of it's misery.

[hyphenate]

46. And that's you

What about many of those who never even thought about an animal's welfare over the course of their time working with animals?

Did you know that the founder of the ASPCA was motivated by seeing a handler beating his collapsed horse? It is only reasonable to assume that there have been many people throughout history who have had the insight to care as much about animals as they do for people. BTW: Henry Bergh, the founder of the ASPCA, also established the same kind of organization to protect children.

We are still, unfortunately, at a point where animals are still being abused, tortured, maimed and killed, and we still need to be reminded of that fact.

If you have "gotten the message" through your life, you should be able to see why some don't get it, no matter how much they are reminded. It is these idiots that PETA hopes to provoke into learning compassion. And if that means running really strange campaigns, that's okay--as long as the target audience gets the message.

[Irreverend IX]

53. They're good at getting attention...

But they're also good at reinforcing the stereotype that anyone working to improve animal welfare is a deranged uber-hippie. Over-the-top circus freakery gets you in the papers, but it'll never convince Joe Sixpack to take your ideas seriously. Quite the opposite, in fact.

[vincna]

34. Makes me think of breast milk ice cream

They were pushing Ben & Jerry's to use breast milk instead of cow's milk. The marketing aspects might have been interesting.

[Texasgal]

37. What a crappy poll!

I don't agree with everything PETA does but they certainly do MORE than you do protecting defenseless animals!

What bullshit.

[bbinacan]

38. How can you assume? n/t

[Texasgal]

41. Your right.

Great. Please tell us what you have done for animal rights please.

[pipi_k]

39. I voted that I think PETA people are nuts but it's more than that

I know they have the best interests of animals at heart, and god love 'em for caring.

I love animals myself.


but what pisses me off about those people is that their methods make a total mockery of their cause...often to the detriment of the very lives they're trying so desperately to save.

the poor stupid fuckers really need to tone it down some if they want their message to penetrate

[Laelth]

40. I always look. I admit it. Their stunts are visually compelling.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Naturyl]

42. I admire their values and commitment, but it's not for me.

I'm glad somebody is out there advocating for animals. Some of their views don't make sense to me, but a world where somebody is committed to animal welfare is better than a world where no one is.

[madrchsod]

43. a rare steak sounds really good since all i had tonight was spaghetti

[madrchsod]

44. delete.....

[Toasterlad]

45. I'll Have the Baby Back Ribs - Extra Babied - And Could You Find Out If It Had a Nickname?

[cherokeeprogressive]

49. His nickname was...

Wilbur!!!

[cherokeeprogressive]

48. Medium rare, thanks. Sometimes rare is not warm enough for my taste.

It's not about the color as long as the meat is warm/hot when I eat it.

[flvegan]

50. I envision exactly what this shitty thread has been up to now.

[Umbral]

51. I expect another asshole to say something stupid.

I'm seldom disappointed.

[TheKentuckian]

52. I like much of what is at the heart but the radicalized are unstable and endanger their causes

and I like mine medium-rare towards medium because I want it hot but still quite pink and juicy.