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Eat your pets, save the planet
The Washington Times ^
| November 5, 2009
| Editorial
Posted on 11/04/2009 5:37:54 PM PST by Abakumov
Want to save the planet? Kill your pets. Or better yet, eat them. This radical new suggestion comes from New Zealand professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialize in sustainable living. Their research has found that pets create tremendous strains on the environment and that a truly green world would have no place for these carbon-emitting parasites.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: cats; dogs; eatyourpet; globalwarming; greenextremism; savetheplanet
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:37:55 PM PST
by
Abakumov
To: Abakumov
If you want to be really sustainable, you should eat more insects.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:41:14 PM PST
by
Question Liberal Authority
(Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
To: Question Liberal Authority
>>If you want to be really sustainable, you should eat more insects.<<
Or just die and let the insects eat you.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:42:09 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Abakumov
...?????..would that screw me out of my $3500 tax rebate?
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:42:20 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Abakumov
There was a time, not too long ago, when all animals were judged by their "usefulness" to human beings. Horses were way up at the top of the list in the pre-automobile age. Same with oxen, cows, goats, etc.
In a truly 'sustainable' environment, cats and dogs are fairly useful. That's why so many of them became pets. Cats kill pests which each your food. Dogs can be trained to corral sheep, fight predators, catch game, bark at intruders, etc.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:46:38 PM PST
by
Question Liberal Authority
(Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
To: Abakumov
My Basset Hound objects to being called a 'parasite.' He's driving around in his car looking for PETA Phreaks to run over.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:47:49 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Abakumov
NO!!! Save teh kittehs!
...sheesh, what did you THINK that picture meant?
Cheers!
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:49:51 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Abakumov
Save the Planet. Eat a Liberal. And not in the biblical sense.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:50:01 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Ask not what the Kennedys can do for you, but what you can do for the Kennedys.)
To: Abakumov
I’d eat a Liberal before I’d eat my dog.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:50:13 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Tagline, oh tagline, whereart thou?)
To: Abakumov
I hope Brenda and Robert Vale haven’t reproduced and have neutered themselves.
10
posted on
11/04/2009 5:50:28 PM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: Question Liberal Authority
There was a time, not too long ago, when humans had common sense...
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:50:47 PM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
To: Question Liberal Authority
My cats kill pests but first they bring them into the house to play with them for a while. Sometimes they get away. I awoke to a small, and very angry, gopher snake next to my bed last week, and last night I had to chase a rat out of the house.
Anyone who believes in anthropogenic global warming needs to kill themselves immediately to save the planet.
To: oyez
I would wager they are anti C02 alarmism and are just having fun.
To: Abakumov
Hence the title of their new book: "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living." How about MY new book, "Let's Slaughter, Gut, and Eat EnviroWankers and End The Bullshit"?
(Self published, of course.)
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:54:09 PM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Roark, Architect.)
To: Abakumov
How about these crazy loons take a flying leap and stop breathing my animals’ air?
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:54:46 PM PST
by
KJC1
To: Abakumov
Got a better idea.........my labs eat Brenda and Robert.
To: Question Liberal Authority
How does eating your pets go over with vegetarians and vegans?
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:55:12 PM PST
by
tbw2
(Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
To: Question Liberal Authority
The the way things are going we are going to have to rely on horses and other beasts of burden because we won't be able to afford our mechanical “beasts” anymore.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:55:56 PM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: goodnesswins
If eating pets is good for the planet, how does cannibalism rank? All I can think of, though, was that weird lady who at the placenta ... and put it on Facebook.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:56:08 PM PST
by
tbw2
(Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
To: Abakumov
"This radical new suggestion comes from New Zealand professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialize in sustainable living." I have an alternative suggestion. Kill professors Brenda and Robert Vale, and use them for pet food.
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