# PETA rehash thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-rehash-thread/310656>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 1, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-rehash-thread/310656 "2005-07-01T06:28:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-rehash-thread/310656/141 "2005-07-18T16:00:56Z")

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> [@Paul in Saudi](#):
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> Fair enough, but the Italian Fascists made the trains run on time. Hezbollah runs clinics in souther Lebanon and Al-Qida provides scholarships in Pakistan.

Not fair enough: the Italian Fascists killed lots of people, and Al-Qaeda killed lots of people, and Hezbollah killed lots of people.

I’ll respect that argument once PETA has killed, oh, let’s say 1% of the number of people that the least of the groups you mentioned has killed. Once they’re a hundredth as bad as the least of these groups, I’ll consider the analogy to be relevant.

Until then, it’s like saying that the Republican Party has done some good stuff. Yes, they **have** –and unlike the good done by the Italian Fascists, the good done by the Republican Party **will** make me give them props, despite the bad that they’ve also done.

You say PETA will lead to killer terrorists? I’m no Timecop; I’ll convict them once the crime is done.

Daniel

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