Posted on 06/13/2002 9:14:28 PM PDT by chance33_98
Hoping to share a message of nonviolence with people around the world, PETA is kicking off its “Give Peas a Chance” world tour by sending an envoy, including our 6-foot-tall mascot “Kernel Corn,” to the Middle East to share vegetarian food and discuss the connection between violence and diet.
Among our destinations are community centers and orphanages where we hope Kernel Corn will brighten the days of children who are victims of a conflict that they may feel powerless to stop. We want them to know that their yearning for peace is shared by others around the world who care deeply about ending violence—all violence—regardless of religion, nationality, or species.
Children, like animals, are at the mercy of people who control nearly every aspect of their lives. Kids who may have been brought up to fear or despise others can often find compassion in their hearts for beings who, like them, are victims of circumstances beyond their control. If children can comprehend that the fear, violence, and uncertainty that they face every day are similar to what animals endure in slaughterhouses, then they may come to understand that “others” are not so very different from themselves.
We cannot end wars single-handedly, but we can control what we put into our mouths. To dine on the broken bodies of our fellow beings is to embrace violence when better, kinder, healthier choices are available. Going vegetarian encourages empathy, a small seed that may grow and flower
Can you just picture this Kernel Corn trying to run if gunfire is exchanged?
If Peta has proved anything, they've proved that those who don't eat meat must be losing brain cells rapidly. No one playing with a full deck could have thought this "brilliant" scheme up.
I'm baffled by this logic. How many PITA members have kids? It's like the people on Animal Planet who claim that having 4 dogs is "just like having kids around the house". How wrong.
PETA has their heads up their butts.
Satire?
Reality?
It's hard to tell which is which on a regular basis.
Mrs K
I had a philosophy prof once who kept trying to argue the case about how it was more humane and appropriate to do medical testing on orphaned babies than on animals. Of course, he was childless and raised purebred dogs.
I seriously doubt other animal species yearn for peace and care deeply about ending violence.
Wait a minute while I ask my two cats......
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Hummm.
Neither cat seems to care that I even exist, unless I'm pushing the button on the can opener.
O' wait a minute, one walked away to eat his food made from other animals proteins, killed violently.
Nope, still no comment.
Well, I asked my wifes cats and they are absolutly not in favor of whirled peas. Won't touch the stuff.
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