Are You a Member of PETA or a Member of PETA?

Are you a member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) or a member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals)?

One of the latest advertising campaigns from PETA, Fishing Hurts, gives a variety of reasons why humans shouldn't eat fish. In my opinion, it's a cover for their real agenda, pushing various forms of vegetarianism.

Let's examine one of the words from the title of their organization, ethical, and how it applies to the treatment of animals. According to one dictionary source, ethical means "pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct." This tells me that we're talking about the treatment of animals in a way that is not wrong in conduct. Torturing animals, starving them, not giving them shelter when needed, and things like that would be examples of wrongful conduct. I don't see anything in that definition as far as eating animals goes.

As a God-fearing person (regardless of the fact that I'm not religious), I believe that animals were put here to serve mankind, not the other way around. I will eat their flesh and I will use their skins as necessary.

I tend to look at things realistically and not through rose-colored glasses. If I listened to every extremist about what I should or shouldn't eat, I would be relegated to eating mangoes, bananas, and Bermuda grass. I mean, a portion of the animals are considered unclean according to the Old Testament, another portion are considered unhealthy by doctors, another portion are protected as endangered species, and now PETA wants me to ignore the rest?

I'm sorry, but I belong to the second PETA:

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

Pork, the other white meat.

I don't want tuna with good taste. I want tuna that tastes good.

The incredible, edible egg.

Baby, the other, other white meat. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

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April 17th, 2007 By RT Cunningham | Categories: Food and Drink | Tags: baby, beef, eggs, fish, PETA, pork, tuna | Full Article Feed | Summary Article Feed | Comments Feed | Full Articles by Email | Respond | Trackback URL

2. Matthew Jabs on April 17th, 2007 at 12:59 am (Reply)
   
   

   I myself like to enjoy a good steak. I also enjoy pork, chicken, and many other tasty flesh treats!

   Don't get any idea's blogpaul!

3. RT Cunningham on April 17th, 2007 at 1:05 am (Reply)
   
   

   Hahahahaha!!!!!

4. Mick on April 17th, 2007 at 4:15 pm (Reply)
   
   

   Vegetarians are against humanity.

   I'm 1000% the second PETA.

5. coach on April 17th, 2007 at 7:32 pm (Reply)
   
   

   I too am on the side of eating meat/fish/chicken etc for sustenance (also for fun). It seems to me that every time you turn around another group is telling you not to eat something. The medical experts are at it too - one study says something gives you cancer and the next says the same thing prevents heart disease. All things in moderation I say. (Except beer of course)

6. Peter on April 17th, 2007 at 10:38 pm (Reply)
   
   

   I am definitely the second although I might draw the line at snails.

7. Mick on April 18th, 2007 at 7:44 am (Reply)
   
   

   What makes things even more messed up is the fact that vegetarianism is a popular trend, a lifestyle choice. That s**t is wak!

   Why would you choose that lifestyle. Also people that say they have a dietary problem that stops them eating meat. Lies, all lies. Pathetic lies.

   Humans eat meat for a reason. If we weren't meant to eat it we wouldn't be eating it. Not eating meat is taking things way too far. Protesting against eating meat is fascist.

8. hari on April 20th, 2007 at 10:08 am (Reply)
   
   

   I eat only vegetarian, not as a lifestyle *choice* but because I am one from birth and I wouldn't consider eating anything else. It's also part of my cultural upbringing so it personally *offends* me if people claim that humans were born to eat meat. I accept people who eat meat as part of their culture or even as a choice, but not those who claim that human beings cannot live without it.

   It's amazing, you must have no idea what kind of delicious stuff we can cook up in vegetarian. And all nutrients required for living are found in vegetables and plant food more than meat.Did you know the food pyramid?

   I think the problem is many meat-eaters tend to associate vegetarianism with raw salads. (urgh!)

9. RT Cunningham on April 20th, 2007 at 11:55 am (Reply)
   
   

   Hari, he wasn't talking about you. He was talking about Westerners, where it's not cultural in any way. In the West, people choose to be vegetarians and then try to force it on non-vegetarians. Not physically of course, but by degrading meat eaters.

10. hari on April 20th, 2007 at 2:52 pm (Reply)
    
    

    I understand that. I don't advocate anything because eating is individual choice…

    But of course, there are people who push their individual choices on others. That happens in both camps.

    Strangely, non-vegetarian food in India is very, very different from the food you cook in Europe or America, for instance. Even Westerners cannot eat our non-veg food regularly or they'll end up spending 12 out of 24 hours in the bathroom with a steamy behind.

11. hari on April 20th, 2007 at 2:53 pm (Reply)
    
    

    Our spicy food (both veg and non-veg) will affect anybody not used to it.

    We add lot of chilly, pepper and other spices in our food, particularly in states like Andhra Pradesh.

    How's the food culture of the Philipines, RT?

12. RT Cunningham on April 20th, 2007 at 3:36 pm (Reply)
    
    

    Heh, I tried some Indian food when I was stationed in Hawaii because this Vietnamese girl insisted on it. Spicy is a mild term. Now this was 23+ years ago, but I think I had beef curry. It was very oily and spicy. My rear end paid for it for days.

    Here in the Philippines, the primary diet consists of fish, rice, and various vegetables and a lot of fruit. Pork is very prevalent because it's the cheapest meat (besides fish). Goat is eaten on occasion, but not often. Beef is rarely eaten unless bought from McDonalds.

    It's a westernized culture in southeast Asia, but only because of the long interaction (over 100 years) with the United States. Still, I long for some of the food from the U.S. that I just can't get here, especially Mexican food.