Foxximo wrote:
I just don't see the value in dedicating your life to making sure the animal's rights are protected ... even in other countries, while your fellow man is still sold into slavery, millions die daily from hunger, millions more die daily from malaria and the HIV epidemic.
but we're gonna try and protect the seals from being hunted ... what about the fish the seals kill? It's the circle of life, The Canadians need the fish the seals kill for their economy, and the world needs the fish to eat. If you wanna back something worthwile back a fair trade group, or a group to stop human trafficing, hell do an adopt a kid program for $30 bucks a month and give a kid a chance. ***** the seals, your fellow man is suffering!
There's nothing wrong with dedicating your life to animal rights. You can't really dedicate your life to multiple causes. Aids? Cancer? Anti-War? Mother Nature? Etc, etc. You could possibly give equally to everything but then your time and resources wouldn't really benefit any of them. It's the same reason not everyone has the same job or profession. If we tried to do everything we wouldn't get anything done. We need to specialize.
PETA is an attention whoring hypocritical extremist group. I don't have a problem with their cause. I don't agree with their extremist actions, but at the same time I have to respect it in a way because history has shown that sometimes change takes drastic measures, even at the cost of lives. It doesn't bother me that they place humans on the same level or lower than animals, even if I disagree. The whole meat eating thing does have some truth to it. I do think humans have unbalanced their diets by including too much meat. It is there for consumption and yes it does taste delicious, but I think we're over-doing it, like a kid in a candy store. We are in fact, omnivores.
The problem I have with PETA is their hypocrisy. Their actions are designed to grab attention by using extreme measures and shock tactics. They do this at the expense of others. Hypocrisy in its purest form.
The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
I'm all for helping animals. Some people feel strongly about that. That said, there are organizations out there that are a lot less "ZOMG PSYCHO!" than PETA. My biggest problem with PETA is that people who donate money to them would likely donate to a better organization if PETA didn't exist.
I don't think most of the people donating to them would if they actually knew where their money was going to. Before donating to anything you should research where your money will be spent and what they're actually doing to help your cause. That goes for any charity donations or work you give to any organization. I think most would be surprised and not just with PETA.
