PETA — Page 2

And for the record, I just asked about the apostrophe. You are the one who flew off the handle about it. If I touched a nerve, perhaps you should look within and examine that.

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Well, it sucks to be you.

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No. Because you're an A$$.

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THAT'S something that always happens in these discussions. I'm a vegetarian and have been for twenty years because about twenty years ago I decided I had to do SOMETHING healthy in my life. It was less about the ethics of animal cruelty, although the more I looked into that as time went on the happier I was that I wasn't part of that chain, than about not adding one more disease risk factor in my life.

Two decades later I have an older brother on cholesterol meds (a tall, relatively lean athlete type) and there's me with startlingly low levels of cholesterol. (Although my "good" cholesterol could be higher and I'm consuming more dark fruits and veggies and the like).

At some communal meals people will say, "I hope you're not offended that I am eating ribs," or some such and really, I couldn't give a crap.

But when discussions like this happen, somebody INEVITABLY says to a vegetarian "I'm gonna go enjoy a honking helping of veal parmagian right now, yummmmmmmmmmm, I love eating those calves that have been chained in a stall and never saw the light of day, take that sucker, bwahahahahahaha!" or "Go eat a cow!"

Ya know, enjoy your food, it's your funeral. But really, we're not on teams, so there's no need for you to put on your big foam rubber hand with the index finger extended chanting "M-E-A-T!" Seriously.

Go watch a NASCAR race.

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I'm pretty sure that's a Bible quote. From the Begatitudes.

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Actually, I'm quite calm. But an attack begats an attack. You attack me, and I will bite back. I didn't start this, as you took it upon yourself to "correct" me, simply because you couldn't find anything else to say.

Honey, not to belabor my point, but all I did was ask if they has spelled hypocrite that way (after you twice made it possessive). That set off your name calling and "swearing."

And I've got plenty to say, as you can see. And I don't take it all so personally.

And finally (I'm preparing myself for some name calling and swearing here), "begats" isn't a word. You can hate me all you want, but it's not a word.

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Don't call me "Honey". Terms of endearment are off limits to you.
You can correct me all you want if that makes you feel like a better person. As for the name calling, i can only think of two: Pompous and Arrogant.

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Don't call me "Honey". Terms of endearment are off limits to you. You can correct me all you want if that makes you feel like a better person. As for the name calling, i can only think of two: Pompous and Arrogant.

Interesting that you took my tone as endearing, honey, considering you're getting yourself so worked up here, honey.

And who are you to say what is off-limits to me? Just to spite you, I'm going to watch that 1983 Shirley MacLaine/Debra Winger gem and you can't stop me!!!!

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Updated On: 8/14/05 at 03:54 PM

I had to put down my Double Whopper to say....

Justice,
You know better...walk away.

And Kringas,
For Christ's sakes, we get it. But are just trying to get up to Legend status in no time? You seem to enjoy poking the bear with a stick. And you voice seems to be getting higher with every post.

Now,
Do we need a time out?

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I took out that line, because i realised by putting it in would have brought this argument to a level in which I did not want to go.

As for pompous and Arrogant, that term applies to you.

you're so lucky that I have the time on my hands to sit here and argue with a computer.

By the way, I know plenty about Animals. I know that they feel as we humans do, that some have an emotional capacity equivelant, if not more, than the human species. And this argument isn't about being a Vegetetarian or even about Animal eating. It's about P.E.T.A. - an organization that is against an operation that saved my boyfriend's life - an organization that DOES NOT stand firmly with what they believe in - an organization that would rather have dogs and cats out on the streets, catching and spreading God knows what disease, rather than having them in the safety and care of someone's home.

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f*ck off.

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But when discussions like this happen, somebody INEVITABLY says to a vegetarian "I'm gonna go enjoy a honking helping of veal parmagian right now, yummmmmmmmmmm, I love eating those calves that have been chained in a stall and never saw the light of day, take that sucker, bwahahahahahaha!" or "Go eat a cow!"


There does seem to be an assumption that if you are vegetarian, it's for political reasons and that you are insulted by others eating meat. I was vegetarian for many years and used to get that from people. I worked at a small company for a while where there was myself, a vegetarian at the time, and a woman who was vegan. In planning a company hoilday party, I asked that they choose a restaraunt that had good alternative dishes for thsoe of us who did not eat meat. I was verbally attacked as though I had tried to convert all my co-workers to veganism. Frankly, I don't care what anyone eats.

Namo, you mentioned the militant activists of Act Up. Honestly, I felt the same about them that I do about PETA. The organization may have sincere and evry good goals but they tend to do thinsg that I think take away from their credibility and make them look like nuts. Act Up was the same way at times. The goals wa wonderful but they allowed the organizations events to be run by those who seemed to be more interested in attention than results.

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