wyguy Posted May 20, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Share Posted May 20, 2011 PETA compares eating animals to baby killed in microwave Sparking outrage before it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftWaffle Posted May 20, 2011 Group: Senior Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 820 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 261 Days Won: 7 Joined: 01/09/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) PETA compares eating animals to baby killed in microwave Sparking outrage before it's been unveiled, a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals billboard in the Dayton area will compare the China Arnold murder case to the cooking of animals. The billboard will feature two images: a mother pig nuzzling her piglet and a person about to place a pork chop in a microwave oven. The text reads "Everybody's Somebody's Baby. Go Vegan." Arnold, 31, was convicted Friday of the aggravated murder of her daughter, 28-day-old Paris Talley, who died in a microwave oven in 2005. The case continues Thursday with the sentencing phase, when jurors will be asked to consider whether Arnold should get the death penalty. "We don't want to be insensitive," said Ashley Gonzalez, PETA spokeswoman. "Our hearts go out to this baby." There was no site for the billboard late Wednesday afternoon, though PETA officials planned to have it up by the end of the week, Gonzalez said. Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman said she could not comment on an active case. Wiseman also has issued a gag order, preventing any of the attorneys from making public comments. Gonzalez said PETA saw the case as an opportunity to discuss animal rights, as the vast majority of animals killed for human consumption are less than a year old. "We want to draw that comparison," Gonzalez said. Link I find these sorts of statements to be self-refuting. By saying that cooking an animal is the same as cooking a human, they're saying that humans and animals are equal, that we have the same value. But then in another sense, inconsistent with the first, they're appealing to humans to value the life of an animal, but yet they don't expect the same from other 'animals'. They certainly don't expect lions to be responsible for the conservation of Impala and they don't expect whales to consider the lives of krill. They also don't expect Japanese Giant hornets to conserve European honey bees and neither do they expect polar bears to feel bad about eating seal babies. So, if we are the same as animals why do we have a moral responsibility to conservation that animals don't? Conversely if we're not the same, then the comparison fails... Conservation can only really make sense from a worldview that has man as a moral entity and custodian of nature, such as described in the Bible. Edited May 20, 2011 by LuftWaffle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th1bill Posted May 20, 2011 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 116 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 342 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 17 Days Won: 3 Joined: 06/12/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/25/1945 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Not only is the statement self refuting it is a sick, sick idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted May 20, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Good points LuftWaffle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Good points, LuftWaffle. The comparison the billboard makes is sick. Every time folks like that start pushing their Vegan thing it makes me want a nice, juicy cheeseburger with all the trimmings . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah 6:8 Posted May 20, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 426 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,633 Content Per Day: 0.58 Reputation: 222 Days Won: 13 Joined: 03/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/26/1978 Share Posted May 20, 2011 You know they boycotted make a wish foundation for l Granting a hunting trip to a terminally I'll boy and his dad. Make a wish foundation never had so many donations as a result!!! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babbler Posted May 21, 2011 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 550 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 82 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/08/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted May 21, 2011 I loved when they came out with their sympathy campaign for fish; stating they feel pain. Really, what about the worm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyguy Posted May 21, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 I loved when they came out with their sympathy campaign for fish; stating they feel pain. Really, what about the worm? Didn't they try to name fish "sea kittens" in an effort to persuade people to stop fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsomebulldog Posted May 21, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 732 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 113 Days Won: 5 Joined: 03/26/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/30/1971 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Wow. PETA really needs to get a grip on reality. And a moral compass. And AWESOME post, LuftWaffle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 well, we usually kill pigs before frying our pork. not quite the same as some deranged psychopath putting their baby in a microwave to cook alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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