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I think I was the one who said that PETA does SOME good. By that I meant that there are people within the organisation who aren't fanatical and do work simply for the good of animals.

It's the faction of die-hard humans are bad animals are better fanatics that have given them such a bad name. They often cause more cruelty to the animals they are trying to help. They refuse to listen to facts and refuse to accept that there are compromises that could be made.

The biggest thing that frustrates me is the mulesing debate... Having first hand seen the effects of NOT mulesing, I belive it is much crueler not to do it.

 

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Hey, it's no problem :]

I agree, I eat meat, I wear leather. I don't see anything wrong with breeding animals for a purpose, wether it be performance, meat, etc. As long as we give them a pleasent enough life while they are living it. *shrugs* The cows and sheep out on our farm seem pretty happy with their lot! They get to eat and sleep all day!

 

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First let me say that I am sorry to hear that you are an Atheist. Second, I didn't mean for it to sound offensive, and I am sorry if I did offend you. What I was trying to say is that it is an Atheistic view that Animals and better that people (or that we are equal). I wasn't saying all Atheist felt this way.

Whoah... So much I want to say in response to this, but in the interests of not getting this thread locked and not getting TOO far off topic... I won't. Suffice to say that I (and most atheists, I would guess) do NOT want pity and are very happy with the life and choices they have made. I'm very happy to live my life accountable to myself only.

In regards to PETA... I think they spend a lot of time bad mouthing and spouting propaganda that could more usefully be used to actually help make a difference. There is definately a fanatical section of PETA, and they scare the bajeebers out of me.

PETA presents an entirely one-sided view to the public on many subjects, for example mulesing, which I know a lot about, and Rodeo, just to name a few. A lot of people mention that their horses seem quite happy when being ridden/handled etc, and PETA replies with "did the horse tell you that itself? You CAN'T be sure what your horse is feeling" and to me that works both ways. If we can't be sure our horses are happy then they surely can't be sure they are unhappy... Duh.

 

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PETA: People; Eat; Tasty; Animals LOL

LOL!!! Love it :]

 

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But you don't know every PETA member do you County? It has been said many times in this thread that not all are extremists, there is an extremist faction.

 

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I NEVER said the words crack heads in any of my posts. I mentioned that there is an extremist faction, as proven by the many illegal things they have done and still do.

 

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I also never called them names. Extremist faction is a factual term, they are a faction within an organistaion and their actions are extreme.

 

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I have never said wether i'm for or against calling names. I simply choose personally not to.

 

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Ah, I did adress Brooke, did you not see it? I told her not to get mad.

If you look through this thread, and most others I post in County, you will see that I address a lot of people. It's an integral part of having a conversation. It's a little hard to have a discussion when people don't reply or address other people.

I do beleive you mentioned in the post I 'addressed' that you know some horse people who are crackheads?

 

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Fair enough then.

I have no problem when you address people. I do have a problem when you are anyone else attack people.

I'm out of this thread for now, we're just going round in circles.

 

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Glad we agree.

 

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those who do not use profanity can pick a fight just as easily as those who do

Well said and I definately agree.

 

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I agree, profanity has no bearing on intelligence.

Sometimes no other word will suffice... lol! Though mostly I say it to myself!

 

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So if you heard a Nobel Prize winner swear, you would think they weren't very bright? You must underestimate a lot of people if that is your benchmark for intelligence.

 

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Also, how is that a figure of speech? Maybe you need to brush up on the definition.

 

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lol, what?

Definitions are pretty standardly accepted as true... At least that's what they taught me in school :]

Along with good sentence structure.

 

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Lol. I mentioned sentence structure as I had a hard time understanding your previous post. Not because I 'have nothing else'.

I do believe you were the one who originally went off topic, talking about name calling and profanity in other threads.

 

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And kudos to you, Shawneen :]

 

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Fine by me :]

 

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Will do in the future.