PETA wants your town to change it's name.

[Perd Hapley]

From Wiki entry on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals:

PETA regularly asks towns and cities whose names, in its view, are suggestive of animal exploitation to change their names. In April 2003, they offered free veggie burgers to the city of Hamburg, New York, in exchange for changing its name to Veggieburg; the town declined the offer. PETA also campaigned in 1996 to have the town of Fishkill, New York, change its name, claiming the name suggests cruelty to fish. (The root "kill", found in many New York town names, is Dutch for "creek".)[136] In October 2003, the group urged the town of Rodeo, California, to change its name because it invokes images of the sport of rodeo, which they claim is harmful to animals. As a replacement name, they suggested Unity, an acknowledgment of Union Oil's role in saving the area economically in the late 19th century. PETA offered to donate $20,000 worth of veggie burgers to local schools if the name was changed. The town declined.[137]

[SomeKid]

If I ever got the chance, I would found a township,

Animaltortureisfun. See how they like THAT!

[wmenorr67]

they suggested Unity, an acknowledgment of Union Oil's role in saving the area economically

Surprising, you would have to think that an oil company would be at the top of the list of bad guys for groups like PETA.

But then again PETA could be a good group.

People
Eating
Tasty
Animals

[LadySmith]

PETA is to animal welfare what gov't assistance is to self-sufficiency.

[Perd Hapley]

If I ever got the chance, I would found a township,

Animaltortureisfun. 

No, let's call it VeggieBurg.   

[seeker_two]

I'd be good with changing my town's name to "Carnivore".... 

[Scout26]

The problem is that they keep offering them free veggie burgers. 

When even my dog won't eat them, you know their pretty bad. 

[K Frame]

I'd be more than willing to change the name of my town to PETA Sucks, FU PETA, or PISS PETA OFF EAT AN ANIMAL...

[Declaration Day]

$20,000 worth of veggie burgers?  WTF?  Do they have ANY idea what the administrative costs would be to change a town's name?  It would cost at least that much just to replace the old business cards and letterhead!

[Finch]

One of my greatest moments ever...

At UNLV, they hold a little fair for Earth Day. Of course PETA sets up a booth and badgers people with propaganda and lies. Well, me and a buddy of mine though it would be funny if we set up our own booth right next to them. We called ourselves PETP - People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants. We tried to convince people that more lives are taken when you eat a salad than when you eat a burger, among various other jabs at the froth that comes from a PETA members mouth.

Well, PETA complained and we got shut down because we didn't have permission to set up a booth from the event director. Whatever. So we went to In-n-Out and got a couple of Double Cheeseburgers each and just sat in front of the booth eating that delicious bounty of red meat.

[DJJ]

You joke about PETP, but I had a boss who was not just a vegetarian, she wouldn't eat a plant product if it involved killing the plant. No carrots, no tubers, etc. However, she would eat dairy products as long as she could be assured the cows were free range.

[Regolith]

One of my greatest moments ever...

At UNLV, they hold a little fair for Earth Day. Of course PETA sets up a booth and badgers people with propaganda and lies. Well, me and a buddy of mine though it would be funny if we set up our own booth right next to them. We called ourselves PETP - People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants. We tried to convince people that more lives are taken when you eat a salad than when you eat a burger, among various other jabs at the froth that comes from a PETA members mouth.

Well, PETA complained and we got shut down because we didn't have permission to set up a booth from the event director. Whatever. So we went to In-n-Out and got a couple of Double Cheeseburgers each and just sat in front of the booth eating that delicious bounty of red meat.

You joke about PETP, but I had a boss who was not just a vegetarian, she wouldn't eat a plant product if it involved killing the plant. No carrots, no tubers, etc. However, she would eat dairy products as long as she could be assured the cows were free range.

  

[member1313]

PETA has funded the fire bombing of various laboratories in the past. Any group, not matter how noble they think their cause is, is not justified in committing domestic terrorism.

[LadySmith]

More on PETA and its hypocrisy:

http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2007/11/peta-hypocrisy.html

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21

[Boomhauer]

One of my greatest moments ever...

At UNLV, they hold a little fair for Earth Day. Of course PETA sets up a booth and badgers people with propaganda and lies. Well, me and a buddy of mine though it would be funny if we set up our own booth right next to them. We called ourselves PETP - People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants. We tried to convince people that more lives are taken when you eat a salad than when you eat a burger, among various other jabs at the froth that comes from a PETA members mouth.

Well, PETA complained and we got shut down because we didn't have permission to set up a booth from the event director. Whatever. So we went to In-n-Out and got a couple of Double Cheeseburgers each and just sat in front of the booth eating that delicious bounty of red meat.

You are Da MAN!

[BlueStarLizzard]

in the last NRA magizine there was an article about how PETA was killing dogs.


anyway, i'm not a big fan of animal rights wackos. and not just because their wackos.

a friend and me heard about a protest at KFC, so we decided to go down there, and have KFC for lunch. she even borrowed one of my leather coats. we were planning on taunting them with tasty chicken. BUT THEY WERN'T THERE!!! those people can not schedule well.

we still had fried chicken for lunch though. and it was good.

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

One of my greatest moments ever...

At UNLV, they hold a little fair for Earth Day. Of course PETA sets up a booth and badgers people with propaganda and lies. Well, me and a buddy of mine though it would be funny if we set up our own booth right next to them. We called ourselves PETP - People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants. We tried to convince people that more lives are taken when you eat a salad than when you eat a burger, among various other jabs at the froth that comes from a PETA members mouth.

Well, PETA complained and we got shut down because we didn't have permission to set up a booth from the event director. Whatever. So we went to In-n-Out and got a couple of Double Cheeseburgers each and just sat in front of the booth eating that delicious bounty of red meat.

My brother and his girlfriend did the same sort of thing.  There was a PETA booth at a concert, playing slaughterhouse video.  They walked across the street to Karl's Junior, and got Double Bigass Western Bacon Cheesburgers.  And ate them sitting on the ground next to the booth.

[TF_FH]

in the last NRA magizine there was an article about how PETA was killing dogs.


anyway, i'm not a big fan of animal rights wackos. and not just because their wackos.

a friend and me heard about a protest at KFC, so we decided to go down there, and have KFC for lunch. she even borrowed one of my leather coats. we were planning on taunting them with tasty chicken. BUT THEY WERN'T THERE!!! those people can not schedule well.

we still had fried chicken for lunch though. and it was good.

Not only did you get my mind set on wanting some fried chicken for lunch, you also reminded me of some of their stupid KFC protest crap.

Last I checked, some groups were using "buckets o' blood" which was supposed to look like a kids meal, but when you looked inside it was fake mutilated chicken or some *expletive deleted*it.  If they can't convince the parents, I guess its ok to scare and frighten children.  That being said, I hope PETA accidently sets their own building on fire.

[HankB]

PETA seems to be exercising some . . . discretion . . . in their public protests in recent years.

Quite some time ago, when I was living in PROM (People's Republic of Minnesota) there were some incidents involving PETA types throwing red paint on people wearing fur coats. I heard about one incident in which an elderly couple were walking in Minneapolis when a female PETA type staged this type of assault, and followed it up by knocking down the old woman who broke something when she fell.

Little did the PETA woman know that the 30-something man coming up the sidewalk was the son of the elderly couple (he'd been parking the car) and who'd just seen his folks assaulted and his mom knocked down.

He didn't like that.

As I heard it, the PETA woman spent some time in intensive care for various and sundry internal injuries and was going to need extensive (the cop I heard it from emphasized "extensive") reconstructive facial surgery . . . after which she would be facing assault and other charges.

[The Annoyed Man]

HankB: Serves that PETA critter right. If there's any people on earth who deserves all kinds of misfortunes, including but not limited to gang rape by horse, repeated lightning strikes (oh Mighty Thor, ruler of lightning, hear my humble request!)  and being forced to watch Rosie O'Donnell's private sex tapes, it's the PETA critters...

Oh, and while PETA want's various towns and cities to change their names, it aint going to happen. I want to date Kat Von D, but that aint going to happen either.

[Firethorn]

As I heard it, the PETA woman spent some time in intensive care for various and sundry internal injuries and was going to need extensive (the cop I heard it from emphasized "extensive") reconstructive facial surgery . . . after which she would be facing assault and other charges.

Maybe part of the reason they've stopped doing so much of that is the spread of CCW laws - it could be argued that some richie might produce a gun and shoot one of them on the basis that he or she couldn't be sure that it was only paint they were going to throw, along with, as you say, they frequently follow up with even more violence.

I still find the 'Why doesn't PETA ever go toss paint on biker's leathers in a bar?' funny though.

That and, while I haven't heard of it, I'm sure at least a few PETA morons got hit with multiple thousand dollar fines/restitutions in court for their actions.  Personally, I'd contract with a fur company for a replacement with a specification that I get the heads seperately - to give to the PETA guy forced to pay for the new coat, 'THESE are the animals that died because you ruined my last coat'.

[K Frame]

Supposedly in New York city some years ago a PETA or anti-fur nut threw paint on a woman. Her companion proceded to throw the protestor THROUGH a plate glass window, causing severe injuries.

True or not, I don't know.

[Boomhauer]

erves that PETA critter right. If there's any people on earth who deserves all kinds of misfortunes, including but not limited to gang rape by horse, repeated lightning strikes (oh Mighty Thor, ruler of lightning, hear my humble request!)  and being forced to watch Rosie O'Donnell's private sex tapes, it's the PETA critters...

You are a sick, sick person, Viking. Where do you come up with stuff like this?

[BlueStarLizzard]

dad heard about a PETA protest one year. the protesters went to a theater showing 'the nutcracker' for christmas and would accost people in fur coats and calling them killers. the thing was it was a matinee and a lot of people had young children with them, and the kids got pretty upset.

on a side note, i'd like to see them throw paint on one of dads leather coats. it would be funny to see a 5'4 55 year old man with one eye beat some dumb kids butt. 

[The Annoyed Man]

erves that PETA critter right. If there's any people on earth who deserves all kinds of misfortunes, including but not limited to gang rape by horse, repeated lightning strikes (oh Mighty Thor, ruler of lightning, hear my humble request!)  and being forced to watch Rosie O'Donnell's private sex tapes, it's the PETA critters...

You are a sick, sick person, Viking. Where do you come up with stuff like this?

Divine inspiration? . Thought it would be a suiting punishment for their stupidity. That is only the beginning of their misery though. Mwahahah!