# Fuck You Peta!!!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121 "2003-03-21T15:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/21 "2003-03-22T16:35:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > **But when they start talking about how anyone (regardless of mental state or criminal record) should be able to just walk into a store and buy an M-16 on the spot, that’s where I draw the line.** :rolleyes: Cite? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \* > **As for medical testing…what scientists have learned from animals has kept me alive. I’m diabetic and without the research on insulin, I would have died when I was a teenager.** I’m diabetic too, so it was especially disturbing to me when an ex-PETA member who posts on this very Board told me (paraphrasing) that “well, maybe you should have died and made the genome stronger. What gives you the right to live any more than a pig? You’re bringing the species down, and fighting natural selection.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/22 "2003-03-22T17:04:18Z")
Rilchiam, As well as the campaigns discussed by **KingRat** and **ElwoodCuse** , they also had one extolling the virtues of a vegetarian diet which seemed to buy into the media obsession with thin women. These ads talked about obesity in America, and discussed the amount of fat and cholesterol added to the typical American diet by meat. Now, i’m all for weaning people off some of the extraordinarily high levels of fat and other crap in their diets, and i’m a vegetarian myself, but these ads held up a much too rigid standard of thinness, and also seemed to be aimed more at women than at men. I can’t find an example online right now, but i remember the feminist magazine _Bitch_ discussing the issue about a year back. If i find a cite, i’ll post it. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/23 "2003-03-22T17:05:09Z")
I am a vegetarian, and frankly, PETA disgusts me. They do more damage to their cause with their ridiculous protests than they do good. Are conditions in slaughterhouses horrible? YES! Is it comparable to the Holocaust? NO! PETA has resoorted to these utterely moronic tactics precisely because they ARE irrelevant. They don’t represent the majority of vegetarians any more that the Chrisitian Coalition represents the majority of Christians. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/24 "2003-03-22T22:21:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Alias_ > I’m not the greatest Jew… If you don’t mind me asking, who _is_ the greatest Jew? How do you get that position? Is there a belt to go with the title, like in wrestling? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/25 "2003-03-22T22:36:47Z")
I think you have to be the leader of the Jewish Conspiracy for three years and own 12 TV stations just to get in the running. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/26 "2003-03-23T00:13:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\* > I’m diabetic too, so it was especially disturbing to me when an ex-PETA member who posts on this very Board told me (paraphrasing) that “well, maybe you should have died and made the genome stronger. What gives you the right to live any more than a pig? You’re bringing the species down, and fighting natural selection.” \*\* My response to that would have been (don’t know if it applies to you) “I use Humulin and don’t cause the death of any pigs. Feel free to choke on a wad of my test strips though.” ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/27 "2003-03-23T00:57:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > I’m diabetic too, so it was especially disturbing to me when an ex-PETA member who posts on this very Board told me (paraphrasing) that “well, maybe you should have died and made the genome stronger. What gives you the right to live any more than a pig? You’re bringing the species down, and fighting natural selection.” \*\* Maybe we should have shot the poster in question since they are “bringing the species down” in intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/28 "2003-03-23T01:04:02Z")
**mhendo** : I see. Thank you. **Anthracite** : :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/29 "2003-03-23T01:14:32Z")
**Elwood** , speaking from memory, the NRA supports background checks and would certainly be for laws that deny felons and the incompetent access to firearms. [This has been done, anyway.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166392) – Read my first post in that thread for a challenge to anyone who says “All publicity is good publicity.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/30 "2003-03-23T02:48:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fifteen Iguana \* > \*\*Getting back to the ad that started this thread… I read an article recently (can’t cite it) arguing that anti-semitism was becoming (more) acceptable in the U.S. The author asked: if PETA had produced an ad comparing Palestinians currently dying in Israel to animals dying in a slaughterhouse, would anyone have published it? > > Fifteen Iguana \*\* PETA publishes their own ads. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/31 "2003-03-23T02:50:55Z")
BTW, Una, what poster was that? ---
**Author:** ![plain\_jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@plain\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plain_jane)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/32 "2003-03-23T05:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > \*\* I was very depressed when they decided that, in order to protest against cruelty to animals, they felt it necessary to degrade women. One form of oppression should not be used as a vehicle for opposing another. \*\* Amen. And I even wrote them a letter saying exactly that. The response? (Summed up, of course!) “The end justifies the means.” That was it for me, I don’t promote PETA in any way anymore. ---
**Author:** ![plain\_jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@plain\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plain_jane)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/33 "2003-03-23T05:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > \*\* I was very depressed when they decided that, in order to protest against cruelty to animals, they felt it necessary to degrade women. One form of oppression should not be used as a vehicle for opposing another. \*\* Amen. And I even wrote them a letter saying exactly that. The response? (Paraphrased, of course!) “The end justifies the means.” That was it for me, I don’t promote PETA in any way anymore. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/34 "2003-03-23T05:32:30Z")
I support the concept that animals need to have rights too. I even attempt to make especially sure to support cosmetic companies that I know don’t test their products on animals. However, PETA has gone way overboard. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/35 "2003-03-23T05:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*As PETA would put it: Do you know how offensive that term is to sharks? Would you say “jumped the n------r?” \*\* narrator? newcomer? nitrator? nonjuror? nonvoter? nurturer? Personally, I’d go with “jumped the neighbor.” Have you seen the meat on her bones? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/36 "2003-03-23T06:46:52Z")
PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals, mmmmmmmmmmm A former boyfriend (back in the 80s) was where I heard that for the first time, I thought it was an amusing slap to the face to the ridiculous ideas of PETA. I’ve heard interviews on the radio, and seen newspaper articles, with some of those people, and their “animals have things to do” type sentiment regarding how wrong it is to have pets (namely horses and sleddogs) is just SO ridiculous. too many rich kids/rich housewives with too much time on their hands, and no need to face “real life” because mommy and daddy/hubby pave their way, every step of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/37 "2003-03-23T07:03:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\*And yet I have a hard time believing they’d turn down life-saving medicines or procedures for their children, or themselves, that are the direct result of the kind of research that we do. \*\* Why not? Our government has already done it, pretty much, for stem cell research and human cloning technology. Never underestimate the blinders of dogma. ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/38 "2003-03-23T07:59:49Z")
I wonder… Has anyone thought to have the one of the Jewish Non-profit organizations protest PETA for comparing them to Animals? Be a heck of a story ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/39 "2003-03-23T11:20:50Z")
Save an animal, eat a PETA member. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121/40 "2003-03-23T11:43:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*If you don’t mind me asking, who _is_ the greatest Jew? How do you get that position? Is there a belt to go with the title, like in wrestling? \*\* I believe it involves getting nailed to a tree of some sort. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-peta/163121.md?page=3)