For the few who don't know or haven't cared enough to know, PETA stands for "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals." I'd change it to META, for morons, though. Plus, it's ironic, because it turns into Meat if you rearrange it!
Personally, I agree with some of their fundamentals. Animals are great, and shouldn't be mistreated. I disagree with the "ZOMFG NUB GO VEGAN OR BERN IN HEL" aspect of them. You can look at pretty much anything on their homepage and either have your intelligence insulted or be disgusted.
Here are some examples of META being fakktards:
1) http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/about.asp
This is a petition to change the word "Fish" to "Sea Kitten". I am not kidding. And they say they have nearly 13,000 signatures. Imagine if everyone started using Sea Kitten instead of fish;
"There's plenty of Seakittens in the sea."
"I'm going Seakittening."
Fish-eye lense would become "Seakitten-eye lense". Imagine a director,
"Alright, for this scene, it's going to be in the point of view of the alien, so put in the seakitten-eye lense, and dim the lights."
And the Little Mermaid would make no sense. Imagine Sebastian's "Under the Sea" song. Here are the non-chorus parts with fish replaced by sea kitten:
Down here all the seakitten is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The seakitten on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl
But seakitten in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackseakitten she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowseakitten blow
Seriously? And imagine all the fish with fish in their names. Pufferseakitten? Anglerseakitten? Mudseakitten? Damn, Peta. Marine Biologists won't be happy with the reclassifications.
2) This is an article about Obama owning a fly: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55H4Z220090618
The excerpt in question:
But now People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, calling it an "execution," wants the commander-in-chief to show a little more compassion to even "the least sympathetic animals."
"Believe it or not, we've actually been contacted by multiple media outlets wanting to know PETA's official response to the executive insect execution," a blog on the group's website explained. "In a nutshell, our position is this: He isn't the Buddha, he's a human being, and human beings have a long way to go before they think before they act."
The group has sent Obama a device that traps a fly so it can then be released outside.
"We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Freidrich explained.
Seriously? A fly? I bet every member of PETA has killed bugs. You're saying we should, instead of slapping a mosquito, capture it with a mechanism and release it somewhere else? Should we leave rotting meat outside our doorstep to help the poor little grubs, desparately clinging to life and trying to grow up to be a fly for a half of a month at the most before perishing, either from another predator or old age? You critisize Obama for swatting one of several trillion flies on this planet, but say nothing of Bush's war in Iraq? Hiroshima? Would you people take a bullet for a house cat? When did the life a fly become a higher priority than STOPPING A WAR? Christ, PETA!3) http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/index.asp
PETA has made a flash game based on Cooking Mama where you mutilate a turkey for a thanksgiving dinner. It's extremely disgusting and fails to make a point. The only thing I see here is some sick minded PETA member having too much fun portraying the gruesome treatment of a turkey. I'm kind of at a loss for words here. I mean, really? You made this for the shock value, period!
4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights_and_the_Holocaust
They actually compared animals to the Holocaust. The. Freaking. Holocaust. WHAT THE FUCK? Have PETA completely forgotten everything about decency or the value of human life? That's a good campaign. "Jews are like animals. They're both killed a lot." I mean, for god's sake! In my opinion, the life a person is just a LITTLE more important than the life of a freaking chicken!
5) http://www.peta.org/featureBunniesiPhoneApp.asp
It's an iPhone app that checks if stores are cruel to animals. Which is funny, because it's not like every time Albertson's makes a sale, they kill a baby seal. Certain products that ALL COMPANIES GET are harmful to animals, while others, like LEGOS or VIDEOGAMES, have next to nothing to do with animals. And plus, the app isn't free. You have to pay if you want to help animals. What? That's right, the app is two dollars. You need to shell out two dollars for an app that'll tell you something you can find on google.
6) http://www.peta2.com/BreastsNotAnimalTests/game.asp
I don't even know what this is. Something about animals being used with breast cancer tests. PETA is obsessed with the sexy timez and the boobies. From their intentionally controversial Superbowl commercial, to a video game where you click on boobs, they are seriously sex crazed over there. Probably because they get none, being complete freaks. Here's another sex thing:
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/07/peta_cuties_bea.php
7) https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1858
Sure, seals are cute and shouldn't be slaughtered. But seriously, they enjoy the descriptions way too much. Look at that picture. And listen to this,
Sealers routinely hook seals in the eye, cheek, or mouth to avoid damaging the pelt, then drag the seals across the ice, in many cases without checking to ensure that they are unconscious.
Baby seals stand no chance against club-wielding trappers, and they must look on as fellow pups are bludgeoned to death before meeting the same bloody fate. The anguish that a mother seal feels as she watches her baby being beaten to death just a few feet away from her is horrifying and can be heard in her desperate cries and seen in her attempts to get to her baby.
Did we really need to hear that? FFS.Not to mention all the shock value videos of cows being slaughtered. I've decided that PETA are obsessed with sex and violence.
Those are seven examples of why PETA are nothing but a bunch of immature freaks who need to grow out of their five year old obsession with violence and whining, and do something productive that isn't disgusting.
