Thursday, 29 September 2011
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What Do You Think of PETA's New Shark Attack Campaign?
I love protecting sharks. Shark Week on Discovery is one of my favorite times of the year. I'm all about spreading the word to help protect one of the most misunderstood predators in the world.But PETA, I think you may be taking it a little too far.
After the shark attack on 21-year old C.J. Wickersham was seen throughout news outlets, PETA has decided to take a stand against the shark-bias in Florida with its new campaign.
According to PETA, "people have the choice to be kind every time they sit down to a meal. We hope the billboard will lead to Floridians choosing a healthy vegan diet. ... We hope that after this experience he considers the pain and terror that fish feel when they are impaled and suffocated to death."
PETA also added that they're "still trying to find the best spot that would give maximum exposure at the best rates. With the shark attack in the news, [they] thought it'd be a good time to remind people that sharks are not the world's biggest predator -- [humans] are."
What do you think of PETA's new pro-vegan campaign? Do you think they're taking it too far? Or do you think that this is just far enough to get people to acknowledge animal rights?
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*Sigh* Oh, Peta. You again. *rolls eyes*
I hate PETA. With two passions. I think everything they do is ridiculously radical and needs to stop.
WOW :( I find this INCREDIBLY offensive; one of my uncles was eaten by a shark a few years ago. I already hate PETA because they are the "fundamentalist Christians" of Animal Rights. They go way too overboard to begin with, and this just goes too far :'(
Um, it shows PETA doesn't know much about sharks because you're more likely to die by getting hit by a falling coconut than you are a shark attack...Sharks aren't these cruel creatures who's only intent is to kill.
I think PETA needs to stop supporting animals who aren't vegan. It's very hypocritical of them I find.
@vicdaily@xanga - I agree 100%. I was a member a few years ago, until I learned that they have a person on their payroll whose job it is to show people how to make IEDs to destroy animal testing labs with. I will not support terrorists.
Plus, I think her heart is in the right place, but Ingrid Nikirk is completely mental.
I doubt sharks care that you eat another animals. Sharks eat fish. They really have no place to judge.
But seriously, if there is any payback, it's payback for overfishing and swimming in their home. NOTHING to do with veganism.
If a shark was going to "eat" someone as "payback", Im pretty sure they would do it as revenge for overfishing or shark fining, not eating meat. I mean, come on PETA! GET REAL!! And abusing a tragic accident with a shark? How do you think CJ's family feels?! Its freaking ridiculous...
PETA= People Eat Tasty Animals
@ZombieMom_Speaks@xanga - You know she ran a high-kill shelter for three years and claims to have killed several animals a day during her time there? Her words? "I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day." [source] In her defense, she felt she was killing the animals out of pity, accusing her coworkers of abusing and kicking and crushing them to death. Why she didn't just report this behavior to the authorities is beyond me.
PETA kills over 90% of the animals it takes into its shelters and has had employees convicted of animal cruelty. They have also been in legal trouble over the dumping of dead animals illegally in other companies' dumpsters. PETA apologized for the legal and financial trouble it caused these other businesses, but never apologized for putting down entirely healthy and highly adoptable animals (in particular, a 6 month-old lab mix and a litter of kittens also found in the dumpsters, identified from other shelters in the area). They have offered to take animals from shelters and "help find them homes" only to put them down and lie about it afterward.
There is definitely a way to fight for animal rights, but her way is not merely misguided. It's horrible, filled with deceit and cruelty.
lmfao @ this.
I'm a PETA member, and while I agree with the lifestyle, every idea they come up with, I just don't follow, this being one.
Really, who ever came up with this is a comedian, lmao.
I mean really.
I agree sharks shouldn't be killed for attaking a human, WHERE THEY NATURALY LIVE AND THAT A HUMAN MADE THE CHOICE TO GO INTO AND RICK THE SMALL CHANCE THIS WOULD HAPPEN. But nothing about that sign says go vegan, and there are DEFF. other ways to go about this.
But really, lololol.
This in no way has moved me to become vegan or vegetarian. But neither do any of their other shock campaigns, really.
I'm vegan and a PETA activist, but even I think this is ignorant. Too far. And NO ONE is going to go vegan or change their ways from this sign. I can guarantee that. People don't like being attacked by animal rights out of no where. You have to approach people with caution on ANY issue if you want them to see your side.
@ZombieMom_Speaks@xanga - One of those bombs went off in the research facility in which I worked. Granted, it was before I started working there, but our security became wayyy stricter after that incident.
fish fry at my house tonight! also on the menu, gator nuggets, bbq chicken and burgers, frog legs, sausage jambalya, shrimp, and crawfish.
well what they say is true, just completely insensitive to the situation. PETA used to be caring, considerate, and thoughtful for all living things. but now it's obvious that their enemy is humans themselves. i'm a vegetarian, but i would say they are a bit too forceful, and besides the majority of the time they are still fucking up animals after saving them from fuckedupity.
I hate PETA but the message itself is supposed to be shocking. You have to shock people to get their attention.
There are so many things wrong with PETA and their campaigns. #1 - being vegan isn't exactly a healthy (at least not healthiER) lifestyle. God put animals on this earth for a reason, it even says in the bible that they're here to be consumed. To be so dramatic as to say that being vegan is the only option is ridiculous! So many vitamins and nutrients are missed with that type of lifestyle, you could even die. I personally don't see much of a difference between PETA's kill shelters and us consuming animals as a way to live either.
Personally the vasectomy campaign was most absurd and offensive. It was then that I realized how little PETA really cares about their followers and human beings all together. They're assholes and they know it, but it's what gets them so much attention. They're not making this world a better place, they're destroying it. It wouldn't surprise me if a PETA member ended up being the Anti Christ with how fucked up they think/are.
Like everything PETA does, this is tasteless, obnoxious, and over the top. No surprise there.
PETA very very often makes me feel ashamed of telling people I don't eat meat. Sweet Jesus, this is disgusting. I think way way back in the day they could've maintained dignity and been a group for the actual prevention of bad treatment to animals. I wonder who was the idiot that turned it into a hate group pulling stuff like this, I have no idea what they're trying to acheive anymore. A guy from the UK literally had his leg ripped off by a shark earlier this week. If his family see this, Im pretty sure their first thought isnt gonna be 'aw jeez I knew i shouldnt have ate that burger'. LLoad of bollocks. Can't believe this. This sort of shite gives people who decide to not eat meat for their own reasons a reli bad name. When people find out I dont eat meat they usually roll their eyes and try to challenge me. This is the reason why
i would cut down on meat, but i would not stop eating it completely. i think it's unhealthy to not have ANY meat...but cutting down i think everyone could do that
PETA is fucking crazy...
I'm gonna start eating shark every day if they keep pulling this shit
This is a horrible poster.
It does NOT make me want to go vegan, at all.
more so, it makes me view sharks as terrifying murderous creatures that we should all fear.
if anything, it makes me WANT to kill/get rid of sharks if that's what they're going to be like.
Seriously PETA is stupid, and they really are terrible at getting their "message" across.
A horrible shark attack happens and their reaction is to FEED THE FEAR associated with that attack?