[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Somer,
I think me and you have debated this at ESPN, but I'll bring it up again. PETA has some great causes (horse racing not being one of them). I've seen undercover vids they've shot or gotten ahold of at various slaughter houses and animal testing facilities. The wrongs they expose at those places is excellent work and I hope they keep it up. BUT THE SOLUTIONS IS WHERE THEY LOSE PEOPLE AND WHERE IT MAKES ME AND MOST OTHER NORMAL PEOPLE WANNA TEAR OUR ****ING HAIR OUT OF OUR HEADS:

When PETA exposes a problem- their solutions are way too radical and extreme for most normal people to follow, and they lose all the momentum they gain by exposing said problem. Case in point- When watching an undercover vid on the abuses at a pig slaughter house. It was awesome in exposing the abuses that went on there. PETA's solution (and I'm not joking when I say this people): "don't eat meat".

Give me a ****in break! Don't eat meat? So one slaughter house gets exposed for their various abuses of animals, and it's "don't eat meat"? BE ****ING REALISTIC! How about "don't buy meat from the company that uses that slaughter house"? Or "Petition local inspectors and law makers to crack down on the slaughter house" or "Petition the meat company that uses that slaughter house to not use them anymore"? What's wrong with those practical but also strong-handed, effective solutions? Yet PETA says "Don't eat meat". GHGGGRAGH!

When PETA can come up with solutions to problems that are as practical and important as their causes, people will start to take the group more seriously. Until then, all the momentum that they gain in exposing abuses and problems, they shott themselves in the foot with their retarded solutions.

I agree with most all you say....that's why more people should join PETA so that common sense can take the place of extremism in their policies!