The Hypocrisy of PETA

[OverMyHead]

Tiny, fluffy and adorable, Knut the baby polar bear became an animal superstar after he was abandoned by his mother.

He rapidly became the symbol of Berlin Zoo, whose staff bottle-fed him and handed out cuddles in between


At three months old, however, the playful 19lb bundle of fur is at the centre of an impassioned debate over whether he should live or die.
Animal rights activists argue that he should be given a lethal injection rather than brought up suffering the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet.

"The zoo must kill the bear," said spokesman Frank Albrecht. "Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws."

And what? We don't domesticate lions, tigers, and killer whales? even bears and wolves?

 

[Speedball]

OMG!
I hate PETA.
I'm from Norfolk, where they have their headquarters. My history teacher lived in the apartments behind the building, and knew on of the people in charge at PETA (She was his neighbor). He said he's never met anyone who was more of a loon than her.

 

[jaguarr]

PETA people are ridiculous. Most of these kinds of stunts they pull are just to get publicity and nothing more. Which is sad because they're more concerned about just being in the news these days than they are about promoting a sane, workable agenda that normal people might actually listen to. They're run, funded, and populated by insane people.

jag
jag

 

[Lackey]

jag
jag

 

[amazingfantasy15]

So PETA's stance is anytime something happens to the mother of an animal, that animal should be killed? Damn, I wish some of these people were abandoned by their mothers so we could give them lethal injections. Also I hope they only breast feed their children because to let them feed from a bottle would be unnatural.

 

[jaguarr]

I was feeling duplicitous AND generous.

jag

 

[Mayor_McCheese]

PETA is a odd bunch.. members of Peta need more of my peta

 

[Golgo-13]

I have one hundred and 10 percent respect for PETA. They go well beyond the call to get their point across, and yes they do alot of things for publicity..but that's the point; it's not to make themselves famous. It's to draw media attention to their cause, and the torture and cruelty that alot of animals endure in the name of things like fashion.

 

[Ben Urich]

How could anyone want to kill that adorable polar bear?

 

[jaguarr]

I have one hundred and 10 percent respect for PETA. They go well beyond the call to get their point across, and yes they do alot of things for publicity..but that's the point; it's not to make themselves famous. It's to draw media attention to their cause, and the torture and cruelty that alot of animals endure in the name of things like fashion.

It usually just makes them sounds like whackos, though, not people who deserve respect. They're extremists and they get in the way of their own goals with crap like this.

jag

 

[Golgo-13]

Well i'm sure the insurgants in Iraq view US as extremists/terrorists, just as we view them.

My point?

It's all a point of view.

 

[jaguarr]

Well i'm sure the insurgants in Iraq view US as extremists/terrorists, just as we view them.

My point?

It's all a point of view.

So you admit then, that PETA are nothing more than a bunch of terrorists. We agree on this.

jag

 

[CyberFaust]

So you admit then, that PETA are nothing more than a bunch of terrorists. We agree on this.

jag

preety accurate, they are the most insane of all the enviromental hippie people

 

[Golgo-13]

So you admit then, that PETA are nothing more than a bunch of terrorists. We agree on this.

jag

No. More that they have the backbone to do what needs to be done to draw attention to their crusade , and are willing to go to jail, be ridiculed etc,etc for their cause...

 

[jaguarr]

No. More that they have the backbone to do what needs to be done to draw attention to their crusade , and are willing to go to jail, be ridiculed etc,etc for their cause...

They also specialize in extreme amounts of disinformation (incorrect and untrue information that supports their cause but doesn't reflect reality), destruction of private property, attacks on individuals, and unnecessary subversiveness. And, as illustrated in the opening post of this thread, they frequently engage in hypocritical behavior as a form of publicity seeking. If they were truly animal lovers, they'd know that trying to put this baby polar bear into the wild would endanger it since it has no real survival skills (not to mention the environmental changes have been diminishing polar bear numbers in the wild). Instead they advocate just killing it since it can't be free. Ridiculous. What sort of an animal lover says something like that?

Look, I'm a very big animal lover and animal rights supporter. I'm also a proponent of conservation and environmental preservation. But these things need to be done with some finesse and diplomacy, legislative reform, and by helping people understand actual, truthful FACTS rather than distributing disinformation and just causing further confusion. If they had a legitimate agenda to work towards, they'd act accordingly. Their actions indicate to me that they're just a bunch of anti-social jackasses who get more glee out of pulling the stunts they're known for than actually progressing their cause and really protecting animals and nature. No one takes them seriously, and it's their own damn fault. They had a chance to be a very powerful lobbyist group with some influence, but they pissed it away with their antics. That's why I support serious groups that make a real difference like the National Wildlife Fund, The World Wildlife Fund, and The Audubon Society. Unlike thse PETA a-holes, they're actually making a difference and they're doing it in an effective fashion that doesn't alienate people. PETA has become a haven for people who just want to engage in anti-social behavior and they are a joke.

jag

 

[Kyalesyin]

PETA is a joke... and more hypocritical than you'd think... Sure! They're dead set against animal testing and animal products and never go near anything tested on or coming from animals... except that one of their head honchos needs to shove a needle full of insulin into herself every day. Hmmm... wonder how they developed that...

 

[kainedamo]

One of the things that irks me most about PETA is that there are so many worthy animal causes in the world that they can fight.

And what do they do? They protest at animal shelters who bring in strays to look after them. They bomb places of scientific research. They engage in ridiculous political stunts over stuff like the polar bear thing this thread started about.

They do this, when they could be out there putting the spotlight on REAL animal abuse. Like the hunting of whales, the cruel treatment of elephants in circuses, the hunting of apes, etc etc. There are MANY, MANY better things they could be doing with their time. Instead, they're wasting their time going after people that are looking after animals properly!!! They're idiots and extremists. Their actions actually put people off of animal rights activism. I certainly wouldn't want to be confused for a PETA idiot.

 

[JP]

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

 

[SWAT]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Killing a polar bear from what seems to be for no reason at all.

Atleast people who breed fox'es do it for a reason... FUR!

 

[JP]

PETA is a joke... and more hypocritical than you'd think... Sure! They're dead set against animal testing and animal products and never go near anything tested on or coming from animals... except that one of their head honchos needs to shove a needle full of insulin into herself every day. Hmmm... wonder how they developed that...

Actually, insulin no longer comes from animals, it's man made now. But, I see what you mean. As a diabetic, I know I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for animal research.

 

[kainedamo]

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

Perfect example of PETA stupidity and uselessness. Protesting at an animal SHELTER. A place that finds strays, and looks after animals when no else will!! Sometimes animal shelters do put down animals, yes. But PETA themselves say that sometimes the only humane thing to do with an animal is to put them down. SO! What the **** is their problem with legit animal shelters?

 

[Kyalesyin]

Actually, insulin no longer comes from animals, it's man made now. But, I see what you mean. As a diabetic, I know I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for animal research.

I think most of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for animal research. We have a born-again vegan peta weirdo in my biology group. Its more fun than anything to wind her up because she wants to be a doctor, and yet 99% of medicine is entirely against her beliefs. She held a protest when we were dissecting sheep hearts... nobody made her sign up for the course!

 

[Golgo-13]

They also specialize in extreme amounts of disinformation (incorrect and untrue information that supports their cause but doesn't reflect reality), destruction of private property, attacks on individuals, and unnecessary subversiveness. And, as illustrated in the opening post of this thread, they frequently engage in hypocritical behavior as a form of publicity seeking. If they were truly animal lovers, they'd know that trying to put this baby polar bear into the wild would endanger it since it has no real survival skills (not to mention the environmental changes have been diminishing polar bear numbers in the wild). Instead they advocate just killing it since it can't be free. Ridiculous. What sort of an animal lover says something like that?

Look, I'm a very big animal lover and animal rights supporter. I'm also a proponent of conservation and environmental preservation. But these things need to be done with some finesse and diplomacy, legislative reform, and by helping people understand actual, truthful FACTS rather than distributing disinformation and just causing further confusion. If they had a legitimate agenda to work towards, they'd act accordingly. Their actions indicate to me that they're just a bunch of anti-social jackasses who get more glee out of pulling the stunts they're known for than actually progressing their cause and really protecting animals and nature. No one takes them seriously, and it's their own damn fault. They had a chance to be a very powerful lobbyist group with some influence, but they pissed it away with their antics. That's why I support serious groups that make a real difference like the National Wildlife Fund, The World Wildlife Fund, and The Audubon Society. Unlike thse PETA a-holes, they're actually making a difference and they're doing it in an effective fashion that doesn't alienate people. PETA has become a haven for people who just want to engage in anti-social behavior and they are a joke.

jag

Be as that may, i still support their underlying agenda.

Whether one see's there antics as nothing more than stunts for publicity or whatnot, they still bring the truths/horrors of animal cruelty to the media attention and get ppl talking, as we're doing now, about it whereas any other day it would probably be the last thing on our minds.

I often hear this saying "If the message is right, what does it matter who the messager is? Well i think this applies to PETA. Knock the messengers all you want, the message is still the right one, and needs media coverage.

Doing positive very rarely gets ppl media coverage in the world today and it's sad. There's so much good being done by many and they get overlooked because negative news is 'ratings worthy news'. So if doing the outrageous get them on the news (in this day and age, that's one of the few things that does), then so be it....

 

[kainedamo]

I think PETA members are split into the following.

1. Well meaning people who don't realise what PETA is all about.
2. Bored middle to upper class kids who want to be anti-social.
3. Extremists who act like crazy zealiots and really do believe in "total animal liberation". The next step after that would probably be to make it illigal for lions to eat other animals.

 

[kainedamo]

Golgo is the perfect example of someone that supports PETA. Well meaning, doesn't realise what they're about.

Golgo, PETA want to end all human interaction with animals. I'm all for ending animal cruelty. But I want to eat animals, I want to go to the zoo, I want animal shelters to help strays and help animals find a home, one day I might want a pet.

PETA wants to end ALL of that.