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Dead Possum used in Brasstown festivities because PETA threatens to sue small town

Fucking PETA. I loathe that organization unto my very soul. They are self righteous and idiotic. We're talking about people who raided a dog show and let all the animals loose in the middle of a major city, so they could be struck by cars and killed. The same people who think it's a good idea to use the Virgin Mary in their billboard campaign.

PETA offends me as much as Jack Chick and his little tracts. They are even using his tactics, as seen here in Your Mom Kills Animals! This was handed out to children attending the Nutcracker! Quote from the site:

"Kids will see the bloody truth behind their moms’ pretentious pelts. Accompanied by graphic photographs of skinned carcasses and animals languishing on fur farms, children will read: "Lots of wonderful foxes, raccoons, and other animals are kept by mean farmers who squish them into cages so small that they can hardly move. They never get to play or swim or have fun. All they can do is cry-just so your greedy mommy can have that fur coat to show off in when she walks the streets."

Does that sound like an organization run by reasonable people?

There are many other animal activist groups out there, like the ASPCA and the World Wildlife Fund. They work on education, prevention and conservation without stooping to the crass shock tactics of PETA.

Date: 2004-01-02 09:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neflhim.livejournal.com
Ah, but include the full evil of the pamphlet you quoted. It was handed to kids attending the Nutcracker. Seems some PETA wag decided that all people attending ballet/opera/theatre were wearing furs, and they deserved to have their kids traumatized for it. Asshats.

Date: 2004-01-02 09:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Asshats indeed! I'll modify my original post to mention that.

Date: 2004-01-02 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] razorart.livejournal.com
Hmmm, I thought that this was an internet joke when I saw it. I mean, the wording in the pamphlet seems totally absurd.

Date: 2004-01-02 01:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
They are a bit overzealous. But I found is straight from PETA's main page. I would be a lot more amused if it was a parody of PETA work....

Date: 2004-01-02 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sammka.livejournal.com
To be fair, they might have singled out kids whose parents were wearing fur... kids stick with their parents at the ballet, so it wouldn't be too hard. Then again, my mother wears fake furs and has often been glared at by animal rights activists. So you can expect that they'd make some mistakes.

And that pamphlet is just creepy. Next thing, they'll be showing kids pictures of Santa Claus with a hacksaw and telling them that Santa slaughters cute white bunnies for his suit and beats his reindeer with baseball bats.

Date: 2004-01-02 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
It's possible they might have showed some restraint. God I hope so.

And after Santa Claus, will they show the Easter Bunny being tormented to death?

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