P.E.T.A. - I am irked.

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/06/top_five_reason.php

As is the general self-righteous attitude of P.E.T.A, they are saying saying, that due to these preposterous reasons we should all turn vegetarian. For the record (so you all don't think I am a dog-kicking whore - I am totally against animal testing and animal cruelty, however I eat meat. Contradiction? I think not. Free range eggs, and meat is the way forward. You can even taste the difference in the meat.

They think that we should not eat meat because it will make us fat.

Meat is good for us as human beings, it's high in protein which will help us to rebuild cells etc. , so you know, its a pretty vital thing in our lives. You can't get the same amount of protein from anything else as far as I am aware, so we aren't just eating meat for the sake if it and because we hate animals and want to kill them all! I doubt people want to eat bags and bag of nuts and lentils when they could have a chicken sandwich and get all the protein they need. Eating meat will not make us fat, because as they seem to have forgotten, we eat other things as well. We don't eat fatty meat non-stop all day. It's called having a balanced diet.


"Real girls don't support animal abuse. Compassion is super sexy, if the huge number of hot celebs ditching meat is any indication. Young women turn vegetarian in droves when they learn that the meat industry cuts the sensitive beaks off newborn chicks and cuts off the tails of baby piglets."

Its true. Places are un-necessarily cruel to animals before they are killed for their meat. However, thats only in the cases of KFC and other fast food chains like it. If you go to Waitrose (a good supermarket in the UK for those from outside the UK) and buy their chicken the only option you'll get is free range, healthy chicken and eggs or organic and you can tell the animal hasn't been subjected to cruelty in its life.

On the television we see many cookery programmes and one chef in particular is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. His show is set on his farm and he highly endorses local produce and animal rights. When I see his animals on the show, I don't think they could be any happier. They are fed on good grain and feed etc and they aren't chucked into a barn three sizes to small for them. Fearnely-Whittingstall has actually fronted campaigns to raise awareness of animal cruelty within the food business. I think PETA should see these places that are treating animals with the respect they deserve before they get their hemp panties and burlap sack hats in a twist.
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They believe that if we love animals, we wouldn't eat them. Well, again you would only be a hypocrite if you said you loved animals then turned around and then mutilated an animal. There is nothing wrong with eating meat, we have done so for millions of years and it hasn't done us any harm, so the views of a few crazy vegans isn't going to stop the world from eating meat. If it was indeed so bad for us, I'm sure that by now more people would have mentioned it rather than just a few irate vegans.


Also, PETA have likened eating meat to child abuse, which is totally unjustified and completely different.

“Why do you try to force vegetarianism on others? Isn't it a personal choice?”

From a moral standpoint, actions that harm others are not matters of personal choice. For example, murder, child abuse, and cruelty to animals are immoral acts, not matters of choice. Today, our society encourages meat-eating and factory farming, but at one time, society also encouraged slavery, child labour, and many other practices that are now universally recognized as wrong. " - However, this does not mean that you get to shove your self-righteousness down my throat P.E.T.A.

Picture the scene. A farmer with a few pigs, some chickens a plot of land where he grows some vegetables. He rears these animals knowing they will one day become his food. However, he still feeds them, pets them and treats them with respect. He takes a pig to kill so he and his family can eat. This pig has had a good life and like all things on earth it dies. The family, rather than simply bury the pig, use it for meat and bury the rest. Why do they eat the meat? To survive, simple.

Picture the next scene. A man abusing his children and causing them unnecessary harm and suffering, for nought but the man's 'pleasure'

These two scenes are incomparable.

“Have you ever been to a slaughterhouse or vivisection laboratory?”

No, but enough people have filmed and written about what goes on in these places to paint a very detailed picture.

Hey P.E.T.A, do your own damn research. While these places are indeed vile, you are supposed to be a reputable charity, I would have expected a more professional take to your ideals.

If PETA let us eat what we want, and spend their time campaigning for the rights of animals, so that companies like KFC treat their animals with respect that they do indeed deserve and they'd be surprised how many carnivores like myself would run to join their group.