PETA defeats Organized Crime!

Dakota · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 10:22am

Anyone else notice that once the Vick dog fighting charges hit the headlines, nobody cares about corrupt NBA officials anymore?

greymule · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 10:46am

Dakota, you should know by now that animals trump people in the world of what's important. Ten million Africans die of malaria? Gee, that's too bad. Hey, some lady was wearing a mink coat. Let's hold a candlelight vigil!

Question: Why do the activists who make a big deal about wearing fur not do the same about leather?

As far as the NBA goes, I was once a big fan who lived and died with the Knicks. But today, if you gave me a courtside ticket to the playoff finals and the game was across the street, I'd hawk the ticket and return home to watch college softball on TV. Now I was never much of a basketball player, but even the guys I know whose main sport was basketball feel the same way. (They love college BB, though.)

azbigdawg · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 11:34am

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Originally Posted by greymule

Dakota, you should know by now that animals trump people in the world of what's important. Ten million Africans die of malaria? Gee, that's too bad. Hey, some lady was wearing a mink coat. Let's hold a candlelight vigil!

Question: Why do the activists who make a big deal about wearing fur not do the same about leather?

As far as the NBA goes, I was once a big fan who lived and died with the Knicks. But today, if you gave me a courtside ticket to the playoff finals and the game was across the street, I'd hawk the ticket and return home to watch college softball on TV. Now I was never much of a basketball player, but even the guys I know whose main sport was basketball feel the same way. (They love college BB, though.)

I LOVE animals..(partucularly dogs), but I cant agree more with your first paragraph......

greymule · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 12:11pm

I LOVE animals..(partucularly dogs)

I'm a dog lover myself, and certainly don't like what Vick was into. If my dog got run over by a car, I'd be devastated. Even a dog that wasn't mine, I'd feel bad. On the other hand, when I read that a couple of gang bangers got blown away in yet another Trenton drive-by, I don't lose a wink of sleep.

I'm not saying that's right, but it's the truth.

BretMan · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 12:48pm

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I LOVE animals..

Thought for sure that he next line was going to be...

Especially medium-rare with a side order of fries!

NDblue · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 31, 2007, 12:16am

I'm a member of the other "PETA". People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

I remember a few years ago, the other PETA were protesting something or other on the state capital lawn and the members of the North Dakota Beef Growers Association were there grilling hamburgers and handing them out to anyone that wanted one. It was one of the funniest things I have ever witnesses.

bkbjones · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 31, 2007, 03:56am

If I kick my dog because it quits barking on pitches I think are strikes, does that mean I'm going to be Mr. Vick's cellmate?

NCASAUmp · #8 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 12:07pm

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Originally Posted by greymule

Dakota, you should know by now that animals trump people in the world of what's important. Ten million Africans die of malaria? Gee, that's too bad. Hey, some lady was wearing a mink coat. Let's hold a candlelight vigil!

Question: Why do the activists who make a big deal about wearing fur not do the same about leather?

Don't know, don't care. Even if PETA eventually gets its nipples in a twist over leather (and you know they will), I'll continue to wear my black leather jacket, hippies be damned.

Dakota · #9 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 12:26pm

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Originally Posted by greymule

Dakota, you should know by now that animals trump people in the world of what's important. Ten million Africans die of malaria? Gee, that's too bad. Hey, some lady was wearing a mink coat. Let's hold a candlelight vigil!...

There are so many domestic abusers starting in the NFL you lose track of it, yet, that great humanitarian Drew Carey said (on one of the late night talk shows - Letterman, I think) that if Vick plays in the NFL this year, he won't watch a single NFL game. Much audience applause followed.

Cruelty to dogs is more outrageous than wife/girlfriend beating to people with this PETA mindset and to the lemmings in the public who follow along.

Chess Ref · #10 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 31, 2007, 02:05pm

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Originally Posted by Dakota

Cruelty to dogs is more outrageous than wife/girlfriend beating to people with this PETA mindset and to the lemmings in the public who follow along.

Okay. If only life was so black and white. I don't have the Peta mindset and I am not a public lemming. But I can admit to what Greymule said. My dogs give me endless and unconditional love, bad day on the diamond, no worrys I come home and there are 3 hairy furballs to love me right out of it.....If it came down to saving my neighbors life or my dogs life I of course I would save my neighbors life so there may be some middle ground between PETA and other things.

What is the problem with PETA, they are like everybody else. Some inconsistencies in their beliefs,leather i.e., but they have some points that i consider worth looking at.....If they were politicans they would be a PAC but there not so they are considered lunatic fringe....

On the lemming issue I love dogs , more than most humans, yet still consider myself an independent thinker. i was in the 12 % who originally said attacking Iraq maybe not such a good idea.........coming from a pro military and pro play the game background .

I have been looking for an excuse to take back for fall Sundays for awhile and know I got it.....

Dakota · #11 (**permalink**) Tue Jul 31, 2007, 03:02pm

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I have been looking for an excuse to take back for fall Sundays for awhile and know I got it.....

From this I guess that physical cruelty to / beatings of human beings was not sufficient justification, but dog fighting is. Thanks for making my point, your protestations of not having a PETA mindset or being a lemming notwithstanding.

I have a couple of dogs, and I care for them deeply, but if I had to choose between rescuing a human being from a building fire and letting my dog die, the choice would not even be close, even if it was a person I personally did not like.

IRISHMAFIA · #12 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 30, 2007, 11:23am

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Originally Posted by Dakota

Anyone else notice that once the Vick dog fighting charges hit the headlines, nobody cares about corrupt NBA officials anymore?

Did you notice that one of the indicted copped a plea for cooperation?

Oops! The Falcons might need to start looking for another QB.