Reply #46: If you burn down buildings what are you? [View All]

[Kickoutthejams23]

First I admit used used PETA as shorthand for animal rights activists. But it is PETA themselves that link to more radical (and violent) animal rights groups not just with apologetic verbiage but with their own money. Operation Rescue also calls itself a nonviolent organization. That doesn't change the fact that some donations to the same will end up supporting those willing to take the cause a little further.

I support animal rights and the humane treatment of animals. I have only hunted once and am not an avid fisherman. I'm one of those guys that carry insects out of the house and release them into the "wild". I respect the right of people to choose a vegan lifestyle which is defiantly more healthy and in most ways superior to my own eating habits. I feel animal rights activists should be free to boycott and protest against governments business and groups that they feel hurt animals.

However when you start assaulting the general public because you are on a moral crusade I stop supporting. The verbiage of the movement has gone all moral and absolute. In many ways the Animal Rights community mirrors the anti-abortion community. Harassment, cruelty and violence are all tools for a cause. The end justifies the means. Think of the unborn children ( or in PETA's case chicken eggs) being slaughtered in our country crying out for their mothers.


Attacking anglers is really no different then throwing red paint on woman in New York. When people don't wear fur because they now feel it is morally wrong that is a victory for Animal Rights. When people don't wear fur because they are afraid of a random violent assault from an animal rights activist that is terrorism. The problem isn't that I would be shocked if PETA was involved. The problem is that I wouldn't be surprised if they are.