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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:27 AM Original message |
What is the story about the PETA hatred? |
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IndianaJones
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. lack of animal protein in their diet. nt. |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Quite possibly, but I don't consider LeftyMom nor flvegan |
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snooper2
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. If Peta's ancestors from millions of years ago... |
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hobbit709
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. When you turn your cause into a religion and become fanatic about it |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. but are the PETA folk really turning into nutjobs, |
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LostinVA
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Oftentimes, people will find some example of a random nutjob claiming to be part of PETA |
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China_cat
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Links in my other post |
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hobbit709
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Some of them are definitely fanatics-I've run into a few. |
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Boudica the Lyoness
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. They have always been out there |
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Mutley
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #70 |
97. Alice Walker is the author you're thinking of. |
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Boudica the Lyoness
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Wed Jul-23-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #97 |
163. Thank you |
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Mutley
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #163 |
164. I don't know much about the social structure of horses |
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Boudica the Lyoness
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Wed Jul-23-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #164 |
204. It's not a family structure but a herd thing |
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Boudica the Lyoness
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Wed Jul-23-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #204 |
205. I have to add something to the above |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. a lot of their adds are sexist and some are just plain tacky |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. It seems to me that PETA is a rather loose knit group. |
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hobbit709
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You're right-some are rather loosely knit. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
155. Hmmm. Sounds like the Democratic Party ... |
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TZ
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Some of the fringe memebers of PETA |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. thanks.... |
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LostinVA
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I don't agree with being threatened by PETA, but I do agree with them on animal research |
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TZ
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't work with animals directly myself |
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LostinVA
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yes -- because animal lovers do this |
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TZ
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Nice BROAD BRUSH |
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LostinVA
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I never said I supported suffering of humans |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
81. You said you were against medical research. |
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PVnRT
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. What medical research is being performed in those pictures? |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Google "Stephen Lisberger" and monkey experiments |
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PVnRT
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. The guy who made Tron? That movie is the definition of awesome! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
77. And PETA does this. |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. So you're against humane euthanasia? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. You're against science? |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. You're suggesting |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. No. |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. And |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. If that's what you've got to tell yourself... |
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deucemagnet
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. I can back you up on this. |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
62. excellent post. |
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dropkickpa
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Bullshit. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
76. Thanks for the example. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
102. Thank you. It needs to be said. nt |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
69. Not just the fringe membership, the foundation and leadership is pretty wacko too. |
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China_cat
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
88. It's not just fringe members |
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davsand
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. PETA is kinda like the Dems or any other "organization." |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. see that is the story I have been hearing.... |
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davsand
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yeah, all I have to do is look at the average lifespan for ferals. |
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pokerfan
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. We have a 100,000 year old symbiotic relationship with dogs |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
127. And PETA agrees with you. You'd know this if you'd visit the PETA site. nt |
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quakerboy
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #127 |
147. I went to Peta.org |
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pokerfan
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #127 |
184. Thank you for that kind comment |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
149. Is there something wrong with your web browser, that you're unable to look up peta.org? nt |
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Pierre.Suave
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. "wackaloons" |
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davsand
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. A holdover term from my early days at the Salon boards. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
104. Can you document PETA saying this? I'm a PETA member, and have never found this in any PETA lit. |
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davsand
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
177. This is the kind of rhetoric that ads to PETA's image of being "anti-pets." |
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kat_kringle
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. and don't forget this little number: |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. so what is the point of that? |
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kat_kringle
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. oh, totally |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. when I was 8, I went outside on my grandfather's farm |
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kat_kringle
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. oh, no |
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Bake
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Eggs are a no-no. |
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Iggo
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. I recently read somewhere blah blah blah.... |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. ummm |
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Iggo
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Any time, pal. |
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DarkTirade
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
128. Wait... that was just a rumor? |
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Midlodemocrat
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think their hearts are truly in the right place with treating animals |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Lately all I have been hearing is "don't trust PETA, they are |
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stuntcat
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
90. (me too) |
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one mean sheath
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. my problem with PETA |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Point taken and thank you. |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here's my take on it: |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Thank you so much for your position on PETA flvegan. |
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Midlodemocrat
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Excellent analysis. |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
87. then there are those of us who think that legal rights are reserved for humans only |
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Chan790
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I have to call... |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. Beat it with a newspaper? |
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Chan790
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #101 |
111. ... |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. an expert at dog training if there ever was one! |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. I'm your huckleberry. |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. and I've raised a few pups. So what? |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. I've never asked |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. The beagle has a rally obedience title--just the one, she is a beagle after all-- |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #122 |
129. well, hell give it a try - might stop the eating of cat shit. |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Being a religious pacifist, I think I'll pass. |
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Chan790
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Wed Jul-23-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #114 |
162. hahahaha! |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. No, I covered that one. |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. you covered fear of peta taking a person's rights, I said I object |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Reread #3. |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. ah, pardon. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Like any group with a social/political agenda, |
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PVnRT
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. I fucking HATE flatbread |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. ... |
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. PETA opposes the keeping of companion animals... |
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old mark
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Then they must be wrong... |
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Alexander
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
78. That's my big problem with PETA. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
105. Can you document where PETA has officially called for freeing companion animals? Thanks! nt |
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quakerboy
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
150. Really? |
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #150 |
156. Not really, apparently. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. they get along good with gyros and tatziki sauce |
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DarkTirade
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. The problem is much the same as with any group that has a set of beliefs... |
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China_cat
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. That's just one: |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. See, I knew DUers would be able to help me sort |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Wait...you're DEFENDING Mepkin Abbey? |
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China_cat
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. What do you call editing the video to take out |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. One question: |
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China_cat
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Single cages, no stacks, good ventilation |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. So |
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China_cat
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
91. We used to force molt our chickens. |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Are these |
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China_cat
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Wed Jul-23-08 03:50 AM Response to Reply #94 |
152. No, those are not pictures of Mepkin Abbey's egg production. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #91 |
109. There was nothing "beautiful" about Mepkin Abbey. nt |
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China_cat
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Wed Jul-23-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #109 |
151. I don't know how people can say that who've never been there. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
118. They weren't in single cages, and they were stacked. The video is very clear. |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #118 |
132. hmm didn't something come out about the credibility of that video? |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Not that I know of. I'm sure you can document that.... |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #133 |
137. I think it was in one of your sources, actually |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #133 |
138. ... |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Here's the story from the National Catholic Reporter. No mention of fraudulent video. |
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flvegan
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Check post #94. |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #135 |
139. a couple still shots prove a video is legit? |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #139 |
142. They don't mind? LOL!! You asked them?! |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. did YOU ask them if they were UNhappy? |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I try to do unto others as I would want done to me.... |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #144 |
183. you probably wouldn't want to sleep ten in huddle on a tree branch or a perch in a coop |
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flvegan
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #139 |
145. So 4 in a cage is okay? |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #145 |
181. Is 4 in a cage ok? I said I prefer to let them wander loose, so no it isn't ok for me. |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #132 |
141. Here's the video. In the undercover portions, chickens in battery cages are clearly visible, |
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China_cat
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #132 |
153. Like almost all of it was filmed elsewhere. |
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China_cat
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #118 |
154. The video you are referring to was taken elsewhere. |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #154 |
178. You keep saying that and you have actually been there, |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #73 |
180. you didn't answer the question |
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flvegan
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Wed Jul-23-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #180 |
188. Don't have to. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
108. PETA wasn't the only group that denounced the animal suffering at Mepkin Abbey. |
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VenusRising
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. They shouldn't be saying anything to anyone about companion animals. |
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malta blue
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Thank you for the information. |
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flvegan
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. That "information" is bullshit propaganda. |
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Critters2
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
110. This is propaganda from a website funded by the restaurant lobby. |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #110 |
140. so is it false information? |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #140 |
146. Here's info on CCF from The Center for the Media and Democracy, |
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VenusRising
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #110 |
174. Frankly, I was more interested in the PDF from the State of Virginia contained on the site. |
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Critters2
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #50 |
148. The Center for Consumer Freedom |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #148 |
186. but was the information correct? |
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Iris
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
52. I pretty much started ignoring them when they used Holocaust footage in their ads and |
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. are you SERIES!!11! |
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Iris
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
96. Yes. Sadly. A new low. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
113. PETA wasn't the first to make this comparison. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. And |
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Ah, I do what little I can. There seemed to be a dearth of truth around here tonight. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #120 |
173. an opinion is now a dearth of truth? |
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Kali
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #113 |
125. Your link also mentions some significant oppostion to making the comparison |
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Again, "the effort by PETA" was based on the writings of a Holocaust survivor. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #126 |
158. LOL |
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Iris
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #158 |
170. Exactly. I really don't get the no right to an opinion unless you've experienced something attitude |
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #158 |
201. The "Eternal Treblinka" campaign was quoting a survivor. nt |
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Iris
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #113 |
168. I have the right to decide what I think is offensive. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. i have volunteered for them from time to time |
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. I think they operate on the "no such thing as bad publicity" plan. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
59. I support their right to express their views, but if they get between me and my steaks, |
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
61. every well-intentioned group or organization |
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. The corruptable, crazy and ideologically irrational have a tendancy to rise to the top. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. true... |
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
89. Peta started out controlled by zealots |
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Deja Q
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
66. Dunno, but I think People Eating Tasty Animals are hardly evil killers. |
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Radical Activist
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
71. Some people want the waves without the storm. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
99. ... by that logic, that would imply that Bush is doing a great job because everyone knows about him. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #99 |
176. No, because Bush's goal isn't to get people talking. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #176 |
190. People are talking, but they're not talking about the facts. They're talking about the fringe. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. Today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. ... and you completely missed my point. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. Oh I got your point. It just wasn't a good one. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #193 |
194. So pointing out that the whole world thinks that they're a bunch of nutjobs |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. Yeah. You really don't seem to understand that being talked about is better than being ignored. |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #195 |
197. It is also how cults self destruct. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #197 |
199. WTF? |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #199 |
202. "Being unpopular and condemned as "extremist" is how all social movements begin." |
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PVnRT
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Wed Jul-23-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
159. One could make the same argument about pro-life groups |
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #159 |
175. Yes. |
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YellowRubberDuckie
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
86. Complete nut jobs. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
93. You're making too much sense. Darn, another witch-buning spoiled. |
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
98. My only real issue with PETA |
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
100. Well, when you combine zealotry, deception and corruption... |
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
107. Here is what PETA says about companion animals: |
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. Heads may well explode |
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. What MOST IRRITATES ME is that this information is so readily available, |
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Yeah, but |
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #107 |
165. People would rather believe what they want |
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #107 |
167. I believe that notion comes from Ingrid Newkirk, |
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
131. Because of stuff like this. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
136. I'm a PETA supporter. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #136 |
171. I think PETA does alot of good |
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
157. From what I've seen, it's a case of good-intentioned people going way too far. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. I imagine that was an isolated case of one supreme idiot writing a letter |
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Wed Jul-23-08 06:15 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. The problem was that |
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
166. This is just to good to pass up |
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #166 |
179. If we aren't supposed to eat animals, how come they're made of meat? |
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #179 |
182. well, I suppose the same could be said for humans! |
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Wed Jul-23-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #182 |
185. One of the world's leading religions |
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Wed Jul-23-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. lol! Had to think about that one for a second! |
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Wed Jul-23-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #187 |
189. Look, it's really quite simple |
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Kali
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #189 |
198. stealing! |
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #198 |
200. how do you think I got it? |
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Wed Jul-23-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #166 |
203. Wow, NO ONE here has EVER heard anything that witty before! |
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
169. When Peta once compared the eating of Chicken to the Holocaust I decided |
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Wed Jul-23-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
172. No hate from me. I don't even *think* about them. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
196. When they started campaigning toward children. |
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