PETA & Terrorism
The name just gets my blood boiling. I hate organizations like this that impose their loose morals on right-thinking people.
Recently, PETA really showed its true colors. It has come to the attention of the media that PETA has been killing the very animals they are pledged to protect. And this isn’t an isolate incident, either. Two workers picked up animals from several shelters in northeast North Carolina. In court, the pair testified that they euthanized the animals in the back of their van to relieve the animals’ suffering. They then disposed of the bodies in a garbage bin rather than drive them back to PETA offices in Virginia, because the stench from the carcasses was overwhelming.
“It’s a disgrace,” said Andrea Press, a member of Responsible Dog Owners of Eastern States. “PETA preaches to everybody not to hurt and kill animals. And they just proved it’s OK for them to do it. They’re hypocrites.”
I agree. Hypocrites.
Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook, two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, were cleared of eight misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Hinkle also was found not guilty on three felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.
Both received a 10-day suspended jail sentence and a year of supervised probation. Their van will be confiscated by police and each was ordered to pay $4,000 in fines and restitution. They will also each have to serve 50 hours of community service. As she left the courtroom after the two-week trial, Hinkle said she was relieved. “Justice was served,” she said.
No, it wasn’t.
It was widely reported in 2001 that PETA’s vegetarian campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich told an animal-rights convention that “blowing stuff up and smashing windows is a great way to bring about animal liberation.” And they have no problem doing these things to those that disagree with their views. What he advocates in these speeches is nothing short of terrorism.
Terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or group against people or property with the intent of intimidation or coercion often for ideological or political reasons.
“If we really believe that animals have the same right to be free from pain and suffering at our hands, then, of course, we’re going to be blowing things up and smashing windows. For the record, I don’t do this stuff, but I advocate it. I think it’s a great way to bring about animal liberation, considering the level of suffering, the atrocities.”
“I think it would be great if all of the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow. I think it’s perfectly appropriate for people to take bricks and toss them through windows. Hallelujah to the people who are willing to do it.” — Bruce Friedrich, PETA Campaign Director, Vegan Campaign Coordinator, Animal Rights 2001 Conference, July 2, 2001.
Terrorist.
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