A little off topic, but I think this is ridiculous
This has nothing to do with English or probably any of our papers, but I just thought this is ridiculous. I am working on my paper or I would properly express my hatred for PETA but take a look and give some comments.
OMG... Really? Are they protesting this? OK so maybe this goes along with Chapter 14 in our book and the whole starlings are pests theory. Obama obviously thinks flies are pests and so he feels ethically justified in killing the bug that was distracting him from giving his speech about, you know, trivial issues like the war in Iraq. Obviously PETA is taking the stance that he should have used a less drastic way to kill the fly hence the Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, but they're totally overlooking the prevalent issues of thousands of soldiers dying to mourn the loss of one lousy fly that spreads disease and germs everywhere... Say this for PETA, say they're consistent.
The problem I have with looking at it like that is you can do that for anything. How can you look at the soldiers dying in Iraq when 700,000 people die each year from tobacco? How can you worry about tobacco when there is a growing epidemic of autism? How can you worry about autism when HIV runs rampant in Africa? You can see the circle this leads to. The most you can do is take something you are passionate about and support it. The problem is, PETA is full of idiots who seem to want to put animal rights over that of humans. Ridiculous. I am trying not to get started on PETA, but yeah
i think its really funny how some groups get so worked up about things and take them totally out of context, like PETA. the dictionary defines the word Pest as; An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
flies are annoying and nuisance things. so they are by definition pests. i have a theory that kinda goes along with the story about the sparrows in chapter 14 i believe. my theory is this... if the so called "pest" is out side that is fine, i will not kill a spider or fly thats around by my trees. but ones they come into my home and after trying to shoo them out or take them out they must go. they are invading my home and i wont allow bites or maggots infesting my house, so they die. thats my theory.
i think we as a human race should be more worried about the things that are happening to the people of the world and how to make the world a better place, than worry about some trivial fly getting slapped by the president of the united states. to me that shows that some people either are bored or have way too much time in there lives. thats the philosophy of heather, and thats that. ;)
I wonder what PETA members do if their home gets invaded by ants? Have any of you ever had an ant infestation? They seem to come out of nowhere and consistently in the summers. Do PETA members refuse to call an exterminator? Do you think they would actually try and catch every little ant and bring them outside? Ridiculous. I'll say this for the president... he's got some crazy awesome ninja skills.
Tyler, I think you might have misunderstood what I was trying to get across. The fact that the president of the United States was having a conversation about the war in Iraq and PETA disregarded his speech completely is what I feel the issue is. If the president were talking about animal rights and his plans for the future, and then he swatted a fly, THEN I think that PETA should have a come apart. Either way I understand that "The most you can do is take something you are passionate about and support it" and obviously no matter what issues the President was talking about, PETA would characteristically have a negative reaction with killing the fly. I just think that there should have been some mention about what was actually being said by the President in the interview, be it that they agree or disagree with him, and what their view is on it in relation with animal rights. All they focused on is the fly, when they should also be focusing on the fly in relation to what the president said.
I think PETA is just trying to get attention and to have people visit their website just to see if its true. Any exposure is good exposure nowadays. It is amazing that they are making such a big issue over this, while so many bad things are happening to people in this world. If they protest against killing flies, then they must be protesting against everyone, since probably everyone has killed a fly. Anyways, I think it is a silly issue.
OMG... Really? Are they protesting this? OK so maybe this goes along with Chapter 14 in our book and the whole starlings are pests theory. Obama obviously thinks flies are pests and so he feels ethically justified in killing the bug that was distracting him from giving his speech about, you know, trivial issues like the war in Iraq. Obviously PETA is taking the stance that he should have used a less drastic way to kill the fly hence the Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, but they're totally overlooking the prevalent issues of thousands of soldiers dying to mourn the loss of one lousy fly that spreads disease and germs everywhere... Say this for PETA, say they're consistent.
ReplyDeleteThe problem I have with looking at it like that is you can do that for anything. How can you look at the soldiers dying in Iraq when 700,000 people die each year from tobacco? How can you worry about tobacco when there is a growing epidemic of autism? How can you worry about autism when HIV runs rampant in Africa? You can see the circle this leads to. The most you can do is take something you are passionate about and support it. The problem is, PETA is full of idiots who seem to want to put animal rights over that of humans. Ridiculous. I am trying not to get started on PETA, but yeah
ReplyDeletei think its really funny how some groups get so worked up about things and take them totally out of context, like PETA. the dictionary defines the word Pest as; An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
ReplyDeleteflies are annoying and nuisance things. so they are by definition pests. i have a theory that kinda goes along with the story about the sparrows in chapter 14 i believe. my theory is this... if the so called "pest" is out side that is fine, i will not kill a spider or fly thats around by my trees. but ones they come into my home and after trying to shoo them out or take them out they must go. they are invading my home and i wont allow bites or maggots infesting my house, so they die. thats my theory.
i think we as a human race should be more worried about the things that are happening to the people of the world and how to make the world a better place, than worry about some trivial fly getting slapped by the president of the united states. to me that shows that some people either are bored or have way too much time in there lives.
thats the philosophy of heather, and thats that. ;)
I wonder what PETA members do if their home gets invaded by ants? Have any of you ever had an ant infestation? They seem to come out of nowhere and consistently in the summers. Do PETA members refuse to call an exterminator? Do you think they would actually try and catch every little ant and bring them outside? Ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI'll say this for the president... he's got some crazy awesome ninja skills.
Tyler, I think you might have misunderstood what I was trying to get across. The fact that the president of the United States was having a conversation about the war in Iraq and PETA disregarded his speech completely is what I feel the issue is. If the president were talking about animal rights and his plans for the future, and then he swatted a fly, THEN I think that PETA should have a come apart. Either way I understand that "The most you can do is take something you are passionate about and support it" and obviously no matter what issues the President was talking about, PETA would characteristically have a negative reaction with killing the fly. I just think that there should have been some mention about what was actually being said by the President in the interview, be it that they agree or disagree with him, and what their view is on it in relation with animal rights. All they focused on is the fly, when they should also be focusing on the fly in relation to what the president said.
ReplyDeleteI think PETA is just trying to get attention and to have people visit their website just to see if its true. Any exposure is good exposure nowadays. It is amazing that they are making such a big issue over this, while so many bad things are happening to people in this world. If they protest against killing flies, then they must be protesting against everyone, since probably everyone has killed a fly. Anyways, I think it is a silly issue.
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