USC's 55-19 win over Oklahoma in last year's Orange Bowl, Duke's rout of Texas this year on the basketball court, the Chicago White Sox' sweep of the Houston Astros in the World Series, the Cincinnati Bengals' 41-17 win over the Detroit Lions ... this list could go on forever, but there is one common thread here — these are all blowout wins. As long as this list could be, you would have to add one more matchup — Anna "The Animal Murderer" Benson vs. PETA.
Most people know Anna Benson only as the outspoken wife of New York Mets pitcher Kris Benson. Generally speaking, fans have a slanted view of Anna. The only time sports fans seem to care about her is when she is claiming she would sleep with the entire Mets roster if Kris cheated on her or that the Mets are trying to trade Kris because she was involved in talks to pose for Playboy.
She's more than baseball's hottest wife, however. She also is a huge player when it comes to charity work and she is, believe it or not, a fairly good Texas Hold'em player (she turned in a great WSOP performance with only 30 days practice). More importantly, she's also a pretty entertaining writer, as evidenced in her letter to PETA on her website (AnnaBenson.net).
She starts off with a lengthy paragraph describing herself as an animal lover (she has a horse, 10 dogs, two cats, and seven fish) and describing the countless luxuries that her pets enjoy. It seems like she and PETA may not be so different, after all –— they all love animals, that's really great. Then you get to the second paragraph:
However, animal rights only go so far. I also happen to believe in the circle of life. Everyone and everything has a place and a purpose on this earth. Ms. Fox is not all that concerned with Mr. Rabbit's rights when she catches him and rips his throat out with her teeth ... I'd be willing to bet that the only thing she's thinking is, "yummy." — Anna Benson
Good opening, salvo. It would be somewhat comical to watch someone from PETA reading this letter because you would be able to pinpoint the exact second they got to Ms. Fox ripping out Mr. Rabbit's throat — it would be priceless. She goes on to say that if animals had the same capabilities as humans that they would enjoy dishes like newborn stew and that our new national anthem would be "Four legs good; two legs bad!" (which I think is actually a decent song). Anna explains why she is writing this letter to PETA (or, as she calls them, the People who Enact Terrorist Agendas): it is her response to PETA's threats against Elle Macpherson for signing a $1.8 million dollar deal for Blackglama fur.
She was warned to drop the campaign "or else." Well, that really pissed me off. Just, exactly, what the f*ck are you gonna do about it, PETA? It's one thing for you to print your extremist literature and stage your anti-human demonstrations, but you are no better than the baby-seal killers when you start threatening people and their families ... PETA is officially crazy to think that they have a right to stop her. — Anna Benson (edited for language)
Burn No. 1! I love how she gets right to the point and calls out PETA's bluff. Well, PETA, exactly what is "else?" We all know there is nothing you can really do, but you still have to do something. It can even be something simple like making some half-bit celebrity (say, Anna Nicole Smith?) badmouth her. Doing nothing won't work. Otherwise, everyone will think PETA is all bark and no bite. Well, everyone thinks that anyway, but it's nice to show you at least try to back up your threats.
(Quick sidebar: If you are ever trying to pick up a PETA-type girl, be sure to drop the "so a baby seal walked into a club..." joke. That always works. It might not help you get the girl, but it will be really funny.)
Anna then goes on to describe how she stays warm by wearing dead animals. After claiming she has an entire zoo in her closet, she then describes her love of eating animals. She gets in a few more good blasts, but then drops what may be the best line in reference to PETA ever. Sure, it was funny when Charles Barkley ate a burger on live TV to try to infuriate them (of course, it was completely lame when Michael Wilbon copied Barkley's move on PTI), but that really doesn't say much. This does.
I know that you're not gonna make me a card-carrying member. I guess I'll throw away my application along with all my PETA hopes and dreams. Actually, I'm glad that you won't have me because I wouldn't be caught dead affiliating with you. PETA is on crack, and we all know from those after-school specials that crack kills. Get off the crack, PETA. — Anna Benson
Burn! PETA is on crack, and we all know that crack kills, get off the crack PETA. CLASSIC! After reading this, it all is actually starting to make sense. Note to PETA, though — Anna is no drug expert, so who are you to take her word that crack actually kills? If you really are on crack, it hasn't killed you yet, so if it ain't broke, why fix it? My advice is to let it play itself out, see where it takes you.
As if that wasn't enough, Anna then gets in some more great shots on the People Who Enact Terrorist Agendas.
... Seriously though, I am shocked that PETA compares animal abuse to child abuse and murder. What is wrong with you people? How can you say that the fur trade is comparable to the holocaust? How dare you tell millions of Jews that their attempted extermination and subsequent suffering in the concentration camps is equivalent to the new fall line of boots?
And where did you get the idea that animals should have the same rights as mentally-challenged people? Maybe we should let animals compete in the Special Olympics, as well? You're suggesting that they have the same mental capabilities, so why not? You are all f*cking crazy and idiotic for being so radical and one-sided about animals. They have, like, two cells in their little animal heads...
It would be most unfortunate for humanity if someone from FOX is reading this, because that could put the ball in motion for all this "animals in the special Olympics" talk. I suppose their rationale would be "Who wouldn't want to see a squirrel take on a cripple in a race?" I guess the big hitch here is that while the squirrel would be an able runner, he wouldn't have the intelligence of the paraplegic. The squirrel would be able to run quickly, but only the paraplegic knows to head towards the finish line. Could the squirrel inadvertently cross the finish line first? That's the hook.
... I have, however, been fishing, and I will probably fish again. And I dare you to give my kid some radical literature if I decide to take him/her fishing in New York; I'll kick your ass on the spot. In fact, if any of your idiot members ever come anywhere near my kids, I will skin them and eat them for dinner. In other words, I am not afraid of you, PETA!
Ooh, burned again. Seriously, though, how great is this? If PETA didn't understand not to mess with Anna earlier, surely the threat of cannibalism has to knock that point home. I think this would make a great reality TV show — someone from PETA continually tries to give Anna's kids radical literature and she finds new ways to kick the person's ass every week. It may seem pretty simple, but it's not any more complex than 16 people stuck on an island, and my show would actually be entertaining. This is where Anna's extreme fighting experience would drive home the ratings because it's mainly just a more physical version of the Harlem Globetrotters humiliating the Washington Generals.
... And, really, I won't kill anything that I don't eat or wear unless it is pestering me.
This is a great mantra to live by.
... The only people whom I hate more than hypocrites are idiots ... and PETA is at the top of my idiot list next to NAMBLA. So I double hate PETA, and I don't care if PETA hates me because I hate you first.
DONE! Ring the bell. Breaking out the double hate card = brilliant. All that you can really say is (in my best Jim Ross voice), "Oh my God, look at the carnage. PETA has just been literally broken in half. Stop the damn match!" Of course, PETA wouldn't be PETA if they didn't have something ridiculous to say, so when I went to them looking for an official comment, I received this gem straight from a PR type.
PETA comment:
Anna Benson's trashy little rant isn't just missing the point that kindness is a virtue — it's also missing video footage from PETATV.com. If she's going to actively contribute to killing cats and dogs who sit on death row in animal shelters, waiting for a home, by spending her husband's money to buy purebreds, then people should be able to see the consequences. How attractive does she think it is to boast that she doesn't care if animals' necks are broken so that she can dress like a bimbo? She may be a stripper, but we'll bet that the video footage of stripping dogs and cats of their skin while they're still alive that's on our website would make most people lose their appetite for fur, sex, and food. — PETA
Well done, PETA. What an incredibly unfunny, pointless response. Horrible. If you are going to make your official response petty, childish and full of personal insults, at least make them good insults. They focus on all the wrong points, such as actively contributing to killing animals. Is Anna the only person who has purchased a purebred? Please.
And what are they trying to say with the whole "she may be a stripper, but this video would make anyone upset" line? Are strippers supposed to be less shocked by graphic animal abuse? Is this some sort of initiation all strippers go through? Or, more likely, does PETA's way to crack on people consist merely of putting similar words together? Look, even I could do PR for PETA (my examples would surely be enough to land me that gig):
She may be a train conductor (she's not, but just roll with it), but we bet she wouldn't enjoy having millions of bolts of electricity being conducted through her body after being hit by lightning.
She may be a poker player, but we bet that even she wouldn't want a hot poker shoved in her face.
She may be a model, but we bet that even she wouldn't want to be hit in the head with a model airplane we made one day at work when we were bored.
When I informed her of PETA's response, Anna basically picked it apart point for point:
If PETA feels my buying pure bred cats and dogs means I am actively contributing to killing the cats and dogs sitting on death row in animal shelters waiting for a home, does that mean I'm killing children by wanting to get pregnant rather than adopt? — Anna Benson
Not entirely the same situation. Last time I checked, they don't "put down" unwanted orphans. They don't send little Oliver and Annie off to a farm where they can sing all day long about picking pockets and wagering your bottom dollar on the sunrise. Since I did give PETA some PR help, I feel obligated to help you out as well, Anna. Instead of the killing kids example, I would have gone with:
"If I don't buy those crappy crafts kids in poor African villages make and send over here for us to buy, am I actively contributing to destroying their village? I mean it would be one thing if they were making TiVos over there, or a pair of Nike shoes, but what the hell am I supposed to do with a miniature scarecrow?"
Bottom line is Anna is right, it's not her responsibility to care for pets other people didn't want. Advantage: Anna
As far as dressing like a bimbo is concerned; I've seen Pamela Anderson, a very active supporter of PETA, wearing far less in public than I would ever dream, so does that make her a bimbo? — Anna Benson
Again, she makes a valid point — PETA doesn't know what the hell they are trying to say. I really don't see any way you could answer that question with a no, but I think the real winner here is America. Advantage: Anna.
PETA, don't leave with your head down. You gave it everything you had, it just sucked. Sorry, but this decision goes to Anna "The Animal Murderer" Benson in a TKO.
The Sports Gospel According to Mark is sponsored by BetOnSports.com. BetOnSports.com gives you the greatest sports action to bet on. Wager on football, cricket, boxing, Rugby, horse racing, and more. Mark Chalifoux is also a weekly columnist for SportsFan Magazine. His columns appear every Tuesday on Sports Central. You can e-mail Mark at [email protected].
December 20, 2005
Greg Wilson:
The poor dear is not only cruel, but dumb as a door nail. Poor nasty little fur whore.
December 20, 2005
Mark Chalifoux:
Dear Greg,
Thank you for your intelligent, thoughtful, and insightful comments. Best of luck to you in your new position with PETA.
Regards,
Mark
December 21, 2005
paul williams:
your hot and i think its great that you love animals
December 21, 2005
Steve:
This has to be the one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while. Oh, and by the way, I DO work for FOX.
December 21, 2005
Mark:
There are many good people who are fighting for animals; after all they’re innocent. See www.peta.org and www.earthsave.org for more info
December 21, 2005
Andrew Marler:
More power to Anna, PETA should be the next target on the War Against Terrorism. If Anna wanted to make love to me on a dead panda. I would say. “Bring it on.”
December 21, 2005
Mark Chalifoux:
Mark-
The animals may or may not be innocent, I can give them the benefit of the doubt. However, the people fighting for them? Not so much. I’m sure there are some good people doing some good work, but PETA, as Anna put it, is officially crazy.
btw, nice name.
-mc
December 21, 2005
Richard:
PETA is complaining about Anna contributing to the death of shelter animals…yet they (PETA) actively kill healthy cats and dogs in the back of a PETA death van then dump the bodies in a store trash bin. PETA staes they ‘rescued’ these animals. My question is “You rescued them from what?”
December 21, 2005
John:
I have seen an increase in PETA bashing all over the net lately, and all I can say is…..it’s about damn time! I really like your comments on PETA and I really love your revised acronym for what PETA should stand for. Before reading this, my favorite was People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. I am an active animal lover and rescuer myself on many levels and I too loathe the many injustices animals throughout the world face. But I still eat meat, use leather products appreciate purebreds & go fishing.
Peta truly is one of our nations greatest threats, right up there with the ELF and ALF, which they openly support. Anna, you need to start an anti-Peta organization and I will be happy to serve on your board of directors!
December 21, 2005
Timothy J. Verret:
I’m amazed at these comments from people stating they’re animal lovers yet attacking an organization that is so fed up with the inhumane treatment to animals, that it feels compelled to take action (and, yes, sometimes that means excessive measures….drastic times call for drastic measures). Would you sit by silent if a baby was being ripped apart and skinned alive? Would you run the other way if you a person hung upside down and had their throat slit? And, furthermore, I bet you not a one person who has taken the stance against PETA has an inkling of a clue what animals are subjected to in factory farms, fur farms, dog fighting, animal laboratories (the list goes on and on). Animals are completely defenseless, all the reason to take a stance to protect them. If your commentators saw the videos that I have sat through to watch of animals being skinned alive and tortured while they screamed, those same commentators would not be tooting the anti-PETA horn. So, people, do me a favor, put a sock in it if you don’t know the whole story…and clearly you don’t (and if you do know the whole and you’re not appalled and frustrated as PETA is, I can only deduce that you are just a heartless “human”).
December 21, 2005
Timothy J. Verret:
I retract my final statement of “heartless ‘human’.” I have no right to pass such judgement. But I don’t retract anything else I said. Cruelty is cruelty…no matter in what fashion it presents itself.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root; can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. - Albert Schweitzer
December 21, 2005
MC:
Greg Wilson, err, T J Verret, are you sure you don’t want to retract anythign else??
See, to me, a “heartless human” is one who would “pay good money” to see someone eaten by an Ogre. Clearly we have different view points.
Animals aren’t people, thats a terrible analogy. Anyone with common sense is against much of what you describe TJ, it’s just that PETA’s methods are far too extreme. Drastic measures in drastic times? Please. Animals are treated better in this day and age than they were in the past.
I agree with Anna, get a real cause, like humans- so many people living in poverty or in disease-ridden areas. So much other crap going on in the world- forgive us if our number one cause isn’t animals. Is Anna harrassing you for not getting involved in the charity work she does?? PETA in essence could have been a good thing, but they have long crossed the officially crazy line and do much more harm than good now. They have completely lost it. Pathetic
December 21, 2005
Marc James:
I love animals, but animals and humans are NOT equal. I sleep on a bed and eat off a plate. My purebred golden retriever sleeps on the floor and eats scraps and dog food in a bowl. The baby human comparison is rubbish. That said, I don’t condone animal abuse and hate to see any animal go through pain. Mr. Verret, those attacking PETA are only attacking their extreme and unrealistic viewpoints.
December 21, 2005
Timothy:
To Richard:
Although I have not heard about the story you mentioned, I feel secure in answering your question that PETA was “saving them from suffering.” Animals in shelters are basically on death row…they are just waiting out their time to be euthanized (i.e. killed). Also, there are many shelters that do not use sodium pentathol (the most humane way of euthanasia) but rather shoot them or gas them from car exhaust, which are incredibly inhumane. If PETA did what you said, they were doing it to give those animals that are going to be killed a more humane death with less time of needless suffering.
December 21, 2005
Timothy:
Marc:
I used to feel like you do, Marc, but now, as stated, in my opinion, “cruelty is cruelty,” irregardless of the intelligence or emotional language of those abused. African-Americans and women were treated quite unfairly in the past simply because they were perceived “different” from the status quo. And I fail to see anything “unreleastic” about the numerous animal rights organizations (PETA included) that are attempting to right what is wrong..dead wrong.
December 21, 2005
Trev:
If someone skinned alive one of Anna’s pet animals she would go insane from hearing it scream, yet she pretends she doesn’t care that cats and dogs are skinned alive every day for trim on fur coats. Stop the pretense, lady. Then get involved to help. If you don’t like PETA’s approach, come up with something of your own.
December 21, 2005
Timothy:
Trev:
I like your idea that if people don’t like PETA’s approach, come up with something of their own. Too often, people want to find fault with something rather than trying to change it and, as a result, feel that they are justified in their actions. Benson can complain ‘til the cows come home (unfortunately, the cows can’t come home because they’re kept in windowless warehouses, crowded, unable to even lie down, waiting to be hung upside and have their throats slit) but she won’t find any justification for her responsibility of the murder of millions of animals to please her vanity (or, better put, insanity!)
December 21, 2005
Tim I. Martin:
It’s obvious why Anna wants to get so much off her chest — if only her brain had such a yield. Animals are DIFFERENT than us, that doesn’t give us the right to abuse or kill them. Check history’s most intelligent people — see how many of them were vegetarians. In fact, I’ve got an IQ test for Anna based on animal accomplishments. I’m willing to bet she’ll flunk it horribly. Does that mean we should turn her into a happy meal? Anna needs to learn that there are others here who also have a right to live and think.
December 22, 2005
MC:
PETA people, do you also crack back on lions, bears, wolves, and anythign else that kills animals to eat them? Stop putting the animals on a pedestal- I promise I will give a damn after all the people in the world are taken care of.
People> animals
Who the hell cares if Anna would flunk a test about the great accomplishments of raccoons- I can give you a sports IQ test and you would fail that. There are areas where Anna’s knowledge far surpasses yours. Neat isn’t it?
Anna didn’t say anything about you people not having a right to live and think, go for it, just don’t impose your beliefs on everyone else. Oh, and don’t be a group of giant a-holes too.
December 22, 2005
Timothy:
what’s “crack back” mean? Never heard of it. Is that a term they use for bludgeoning animals for fur? I think what you are asking is why don’t we pick on animals who eat other animals for food. Well, these animals don’t keep other animals in warehouses, crammed together, unable to move, never to see the sunshine, never given the opportunity to roam the precious earth. In addition, these animals aren’t as gutless as most humans who wouldn’t be able to kill any animal for their food; they’d rather go to the drive thru at McDonald’s and let someone kill the animal for them. Of course, you, Mr. Sportsman, probably wouldn’t have a problem with that.
I don’t understand who gave you the right to put humans on a pedestal. Aren’t these the same humans who molest children, start wars, create terrorism, etc.? Last time I checked, the animals you so find unequal never in history have engaged in such insanity.
People=animals
according to the dictionary, the first definition of animal is “a living being with the power to feel and move at will.” That’s all us, buster.
I consider it a sign of intelligence to flunk a sports IQ test. People go insane over football teams and other contact sports and to what aim? What good is any of that doing for humanity sake?
And if by a-hole you mean “animal hole”, yep, we all got the same one of those, too.
December 22, 2005
Timothy:
I do many protests and I find that the same people who come up to us and say do something for homeless people or crack babies are the same people who are doing absolutely NOTHING about absolutely ANYTHING. Trust me, I’m out there doing it and they are doing NOTHING.
And if you people don’t like PETA, fine, there are plenty of organizations that are not as radical. Humane Society of United States. Animal Legal Defense Fund. Doris Day Animal League. International Fund for Animal Welfare. Don’t try to justify your insensitivity by attacking only one group. It doesn’t make sense.
And do you think I was serious about paying money to watch Anna being torn apart by an ogre? No, I wasn’t. But you are serious about harming animals. You eat ‘em, don’t you?
December 23, 2005
MC:
Timothy,
I don’t know how to say this politely, so I won’t. You are a freaking MORON. You do many protests and find people that complain are the ones who do nothing- how the hell do you know that? Do you research their lives and find out just what your accuser is involved with? Also, you crack on Anna, but she is involved with MANY different charities (I complain too, and I am involved with a bevy of charities as well, so how exactly are we doing nothing about anything?!), charities that help PEOPLE, and PEOPLE > ANIMALS!!!
You consider it a sign of intelligence to flunk a test?! That is brilliant. I could care less that I couldn’t pass some test about monkeys, but I wouldn’t consider myself smart because I failed it.
You take some shots at humans saying they created terrorism, molest kids, etc etc. But these humans also invented, uh, everything. There’s a reason people are greater than animals, and that;s because we are a hell of a lot smarter. If we weren’t, they would be the ones driving in cars and making things to shoot us.
Animals don’t engage in insane acticity? What about animals that eat their young, that doesn’t strike you as insane? Animals, and I know I’m making a generalization here, but I’m cool with it, are stupid. If you give the smartest dog ever and the stupidest kid ever a math test, the dumb kid will kick the smart dog’s ass, because the smart dog doesn’t even know what the hell math is.
There’s a reason a hamster doesn’t drive me to the airport, and that’s because he’s a freaking hamster.
December 23, 2005
William McMullin:
“Ms. Fox is not all that concerned with Mr. Rabbit’s rights when she catches him and rips his throat out with her teeth…” That is not a justification for eating meat. Ms. Fox has to eat Mr. Rabbit to survive. Humans do not have to. Furthermore, we cause way much torture and suffering of animals on today’s factory farms than wildlife killing other wildlife. Plus, eating meat causes much pollution of various types to our environment and uses up much natural resources. www.walklightly.org/vegan has more information
December 27, 2005
True Animal Lover in Ohio:
She is a true beauty on the outside but ugly as hell on the inside ! She needs to open her eyes to reality. She don’t need to love or even like PETA but she could have a little compassion. I feel sorry for her & her family.
December 29, 2005
Red Ryderz:
Good for Anna! It is about time someone stepped up and challenged Ingrid Newkirk, her kookie hate group and its incessant intimidation, harassment and assault campaigns.
Celebrity supported hate and intolerance is what PETA is about. It is ironic that many of the celebrities who support PETA’s hate and intolerance are the same ones who preach at others about that subject. Celebs such as Ellen Degeneres, Dennis Rodman, Kathy Najimy, etc. all support hate and intolerance, as long as it is a hate they agreee with.
PETA violates its own supposed code of conduct toward animals by slaughtering thousands of animals. Its most recent hypocrisy came in slaughtering animals they were supposed to find homes for. And simply being in a shelter does note equal “death row” as other shelters in the area have an 86% placement rate, while PETA managed only a 12% placement rate, killing 86% of the animals they were supposed to support the rights to life for.
See PETAKILLSANIMALS.COM for more info…
From PETA’s Website:
“PETA believes that animals have rights and deserve to have their best interests taken into consideration, regardless of whether they are useful to humans. Like you, they are capable of suffering and have an interest in leading their own lives; therefore, they are not ours to use—for food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation, or any other reason. “
Guess PETA’s code of conduct are just phony words to sucker poor bunny huggers into handing money over to PETA’s hate group, because it sure isn’t going to pay for caring for animals. Most likely if you support PETA, your money will go to stickers that read “J-Lo, Fur Ho” or stickers that their little hate groupies stick on tomatoes in stores that read “throw this at fur wearers.”
December 29, 2005
Trev:
Hate? Know what I hate? I hate that cows are skinned alive every day in American slaughterhouses - hundreds of them every day. I bet you hate that too. PETA is fighting against that and we should all be helping them in their fight.
December 30, 2005
Red Ryderz:
Cows are skinned alive in slaughterhouses??? Probably only if PETA paid someone to do tranq one then skin it alive, so they can film it for their AR propaganda flicks.
Does anyone really realize how hard it would be to skin a cow that is alive? I dare Trev, to go grab a hold of a cow and hang on to it for a minute. Most likely Trev would be in a coma after being stomped into a mud hole, just for holding onto it, rather than trying to skin it alive.
It wasn’t really a surprise to those of us who monitor animal-rights extremist groups to see more and more Neo-Nazi type propaganda merging with PETA’s hate campaigns, comparing cows, and chickens, to blacks and Jews. It has been known for quite a while that Neo-Nazi groups (The Green Wing of the Neo-Nazi’s AKA followers of Hitler’s Agricultural Minister, Walther Darré’s “Blood and Soil Doctrine.”) in Europe are openly recruiting animal-rights hate mongers into their lifestyle at animal-rights demonstrations. Below is a news article from the year 2000, noting that Neo-Nazi groups in England are recruiting at animal-rights extremist hate rallies.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/09/03/neo03.xml
Undoubtedly that type of recruitment has now extended itself into U.S., and is starting to become more prevalent and open, with extremist animal-rights hate groups like PETA becoming more open with their hate campaigns comparing Jews and blacks to animals.
Maybe it isn’t just a coincidence, that PETA campaigner Dawn Carr, who was in charge of the hate campaign comparing blacks to animals, moved to England for a few years, to promote hate and intolerance of others in that country, not long after her misdemeanor battery conviction against then Miss Rodeo America 2000, Brandy DeJongh.
One openly ponders if that PETA campaigner, brought back more than just a few postcards of Big Ben, some veggie-style “Biff Wellington” or has Swastika tats on her veggie frame these days.
But, hey, they’ll dress one of their hate mongers in a chicken suit, or they’ll get some celebrity simpleton to front for them, and the media will suck it up and try to make PETA out as just a bunch of “cutsie activists,” instead of the virulent hate mongers they are.
If you want to help animals, contact your local humane society, volunteer, or join a reputable animal welfare organization. If you involve yourself with PETA’s hate group, then don’t expect any credibility when talking about animal welfare.
“If these animals do have the same right to be free from pain and suffering at our hands, then of course, we’re going to be, as a movement, blowing stuff up and smashing windows… For the record I don’t do this stuff, but I do advocate it… I think it’s a great way to bring about animal liberation, and considering the level of the atrocity, and the level of the suffering, I think it would be a great thing if you know, all of these fast-food outlets, and these slaughterhouses, and these laboratories, and the banks that fund them exploded tomorrow, and I think it’s perfectly appropriate for people to take bricks and toss them through the windows, and you know, everything else along the line… Hallelujah to the people who are willing to do it.” - Bruce Friedrich, PETA’s vegan campaign coordinator, “Animal Rights 2001” conference
December 30, 2005
Leisa Clark:
It takes a small amount of energy to lock an animal up, starve it, or skin it. It takes a huge amount of compassion to keep that from happening.
Egg factory farms typically consist of warehouse type sheds-some the length of football fields-that can house 200,000 or more birds in each windowless building. Inside hens are crammed into thousands of barren wireless cages-battery cages-stacked several teirs high and extending in rows down the length of the building. Multiple birds are crammed into each cage, allowing each hen about 67 sq. inches of space, less area than a sheet of paper. Merely speading their wings isnt even an option. They are de-beaked to decrease any aggressive pecking due to the horrific conditions.In a race to produce more eggs for less money these birds are never allowed any instinctive behaviors and never see the light of day. Factory farmers use intensive confinement systems that reduce the animals to mere egg laying machines. Peta is for improving these conditions, and irregaurdless of the hateful perspective a few have, will carry on. Unfortunatly—because of money, and the potential Peta could have in some cases, alot of mistruth is out there regaurding Peta. Could it be that an open mind could help even one animal? And what sin is it off your back? As for Anna, sounds as if she has some displaced issues, my true hope for her is —I hope she gains some compassion some day, and passes it on to her children.
December 31, 2005
MC:
Now that’s efficiency
January 2, 2006
Timothy:
Well, I may be a MORON, MC, but at least I’m a COMPASSIONATE MORON to all beings, irregardless of whether they can drive your lazy butt to the airport.
Just for the record, one of my dogs died the day after Christmas and my heart aches. And I didn’t give a shit that my dog couldn’t take a math test or invent something. She loved me and I loved her and that is all that matters to me. That’s all that matters in the long run….we give love and receive love to all creatures on this planet…and if that makes me moronic, fine, I’m a moron…sticks and stones can kill a human or animal but names don’t matter in the least…