(04-06-2012, 03:58 PM)drifting pages Wrote: Taking out what they said about vegans feeling hungry all the time(they don't), i don't think this video was an inaccurate report of Peta principles.
Add the fact they are killing almost all animals they take for "their own good" sealed the deal for me.
I don't fully agree, but that's perfectly OK. Thank you for sharing your perspective with us, as every additional voice adds to the collective understanding. I don't think all they do is bad by any means, but there is truth to what you say. My wife works for the Humane Society and they talk about their no-kill policy and high adoption rate compared to PETA's pretty regularly. It was eye opening for me.... as I have living proof that higher adoption rates and no-kill are quite possible to do.
(04-06-2012, 03:58 PM)drifting pages Wrote: They don't want to help animals, they want to remove them from society all together in a vacuum as if we weren't sharing thousands of years of history.
I suspect some of them genuinely do want to help, but any human organization is comprised of people all over the spectrum. Some good, some bad, it's all part of being human.
(04-06-2012, 03:58 PM)drifting pages Wrote: I am for interrupting most of human caused animal suffering, with well fare treatment farms, less or no testing on animals for cosmetics and etc.
Then in that case you share important goals with many people here, both vegetarian and meat-eating alike. Let's build on this common ground! I think we can continue to seek common ground and work together even if we don't all see perfectly eye to eye. Well, as long as we remember to respect eachother and see the Creator in all beings, that is.
Thank you for your contributions and perspective today, and very best wishes to you!
Love to all
(04-06-2012, 04:05 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: It's funny how someone, an organization, stands for something in theory, but continues the opposite in practice. Again, at the risk of being repetitive, you can't want to do something outside of society while you are still part of society.
It's a cycle.
Well, how do you change society?
I'm going with Ghandi's approach: "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Opting out of a societal practice doesn't mean you have to abandon society all together.
But you're right to remind us about the comedic factor. Sometimes when I forget to laugh, I miss the point

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