GA - Do you know God's thoughts? I don't, but I operate under the assumption that ALL life is sacred, not just my kind. What else would explain the amazing (and dwindling, thanks to us) diversity of life on Earth?

ya a little it's in the bible and only human life is sacred, and that that would be the curse we live under because of our sin.

The human world is one of constant violence partially because human beings give themselves permission to take life when it suits them. When people decide to cherish life, all life, perhaps we will take a step towards breaking the cycle of violence that has been going on since long before the dawn of history.

you say human like as if animals all get along, but anyway I'm with you here bro but it's not going to happen, never has never will, not that we should not try, say do you think stopping the murder of almost 50 million of our unborn fellow world citizens a year might be a good start?

then we can worry about the rest, you see I like little fuzzy animals too but crap loads of dead human babies in the garbage gives all a bad name.

The world is screwed up because so many people think like this!

GA - Do you know God's thoughts? I don't, but I operate under the assumption that ALL life is sacred, not just my kind. What else would explain the amazing (and dwindling, thanks to us) diversity of life on Earth?

The human world is one of constant violence partially because human beings give themselves permission to take life when it suits them. When people decide to cherish life, all life, perhaps we will take a step towards breaking the cycle of violence that has been going on since long before the dawn of history.

Why the outrage that PETA is focused on the welfare of animals? Are we so sure their lives and welfare are somehow less important that that of humans?

The world is screwed up because so many people think like this!

And people wonder why the world is so screwed up...

So, your excuse for talking about it is...

When better to illuminate a parasite's food source than during a feeding? Heightening awareness of the process might reduce the host's propensity to grant it such succor in the future.

But B)? No. I don't think even PETA is goofy enough to think they could influence either side in a violent, long-term civil conflict.

Influence them not to kill each other? No way. Influence, *slightly*, how they kill each other? Maybe. It's not like the Tamil Tigers are strongly dedicated to attacking zoos.

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The reason PETA asks them to stop harming animals is because
A) it's PETA's area of concern
B) they might actually listen

Well, I'll give you A); as others have noted, that's what they're in the business of doing. But B)? No. I don't think even PETA is goofy enough to think they could influence either side in a violent, long-term civil conflict. They made the announcement for the same reason they do most of their publicity stunts here in the US - for publicity.

FWIW, _that's_ where I think PETA really goes off the rails - they put doing things that attract publicity ahead of doing things that might actually change people's attitudes towards animals.

how could they forget to append a strongly worded condemnation of the LTTE?

Apples, oranges. PETA is reacting to a specific event which 1) wounded four humans and 2) scared some animals. One ought mention the humans at least in passing when speaking out on behalf of the animals.

If Club for Growth were issuing a position statement after a car bombing saying that the Tigers ought pick places other than the infrastructure to do their killing, because of the trade impact, the analogy would work better.

Seriously, that's idiotic.

The reason PETA asks them to stop harming animals is because
A) it's PETA's area of concern
B) they might actually listen

Asking them to stop killing people, when it is their raison d'etre, would be a waste of time.

While we're at it why isn't PETA asking China to respect the right of dissidents to protest? Or maybe they should hold a press release against the Burqua?

Or, hey, let's turn it around- where's the Club for Growth's statement about the Tamil Tigers? Oh, they don't have one? I bet they have a position statement about trade with india- how could they forget to append a strongly worded condemnation of the LTTE?

And the AARP focuses on the elderly, and Child & Family Services focuses on children & families, and so forth. Is there really a story here?

Ah, but one suspects AARP wouldn't respond to the late-night murder of young people with a call to move future killings to a more sensible hour so as to avoid interrupting the sleep patterns of the elderly.