PETA Protest Disrupts Middle School

KFOX-TV El Paso ^ | 8.28.03

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"These are to let you know that chickens are our friends they're not our food. We don't eat our friends do we?" This was the message waiting for kids after class outside Basset Middle School today.

"It's just as morally wrong to be abusing a dog or a cat, as it is a chicken and we don't want to do that, do we?...When we eat?" A message handed out by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

They were encouraging kids to eat a vegetarian diet, and not eat chickens. As children flocked to hear the message, Peta without first contacting school officials or parents, talked to kids about this very political issue.

"Children have a natural empathy for animals and they deserve to know that chickens are being drugged and bred to grow so fast that their legs are crumpling beneath them," said Ravi Chand, with PETA.

District officials were concerned the demonstration would get out of hand. "Obviously the issue is an environmental issue. The issue is a nutritional issue and it has it's rightful place in discussion. However, what we're concerned with and to make sure that the safety of the school is maintained," said Luis Villalobos, spokesperson for EPISD.

The district called in extra security and police. Peta had to make sure to keep their agenda off school grounds, nonetheless for some kids, the message was very clear.

Meantime as parents picked up their children, many disagreed with the way Peta was handing out propaganda, altogether.

"That's not the way to do it. It's not the way to reach kids. Us as parents can even take this is as an offense because they're jumping over the authority of the kid, which is the parent," said Lulu Castro.

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[WinOne4TheGipper]

It's brain- washing time!!!


Plants are our friends. Fruit and vegetables contain seeds. You wouldn't eat someone else's kids now would yopu?

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[AppyPappy]

I'm guessing predominantly black high schools ain't shot in the ass with vegans. I could be wrong.

[Drango]

I like spotted owls....BBQed

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[cavtrooper21]

Hows about deep fried pup-fish with tartar sauce...

[Politicalmom]

Man, I would have been on my cell phone calling the police about some really freaky weirdos hanging around the Middle School. : )

[cavtrooper21]

Our favorite wack-o group, at it again.
I think they should have been arrested

[org.whodat]

Not much of a life if your only friend is a chicken.

[stands2reason]

Think they might be targeting minorities?

[doug from upland]

I have not eaten meat or chicken for 12 years. That is my choice, and I don't preach to others. It is true, however, that we could do much better in making conditions better before animals end up on your table. They don't have to suffer during the time they are alive. Cruelty to God's creatures is beneath us.

[Rocky]

Dear PETA: Please don't eat anything. Ever. Starting now.

- Signed, Someone who cares about all living things.

[BenLurkin]

CHICKENS ARE PETA's FRIENDS:

[Redcloak]

This brings back memories. When I was in the 7th or 8th grade, the animal rights whackos somehow got a film shown during an assembly. It was something about the horrors of modern agriculture. It could be that it was about more than that, but I remember one part in particular. It featured an "evil" rancher clearing prarrie dogs out of a grazing area. The narrator was solomnly telling us about the ills that the poison would wreak...

And then came the good part...

A VARMINT RIFLE!!

I never dreamed that pink mist could be an art form. It was simply incredible. Prarrie dogs exploding, flipping through the air, going in two directions at once... This was the BEST ASSEMBLY EVER!

My buddies and I laughed so hard that we nearly puked. However, something tells me that we weren't having the desired reaction. As far as I know, this cinematic masterpiece was never shown again at our school.

[Cicero]

I'll agree with you that I don't like factory farms. They are bad for the animals raised in atrocious conditions and unhealthy for the people who eat the meat they produce. Plus they undermine family farms, which used to be the backbone of our country.

Unlike some Freepers, I also think that pollution is bad and that we should do what we sensibly can to preserve the environment.

The problem is that leftist lunatics have taken over the environmental organizations and given these causes a bad name by perverting them.

[org.whodat]

unhealthy for the people who eat the meat they produce.

Would you care to offer some proof for that statement.

[Slings and Arrows]

I'd like that decapitated, plucked, and deep-fried with eleven herbs and spices, please.