The Article Responsible

I have to give PETA credit as the catalyst for this blog. I guess it's the one good thing (I'm hoping) that has come from the organization. As I sorted through the news headlines on a typical morning before work, I came across this this gem. Below are a few segmented quotes from the article, and at the end I'll fill you in on the context.

"...I am asking you to consider other living beings who are ridiculed, belittled, and treated as if their sentience, feelings, and very natures count for nothing,"

"...they are not guilty of anything other than being born into a world of prejudice."

By themselves you might guess they were from an organization fighting on behalf of marginalized social groups that might include the disabled, minorities, or even the unborn. In fact it's uncanny how the language used parallels that of the pro-life cause. Well, if you thought any of those things, you are wrong. The article is entitled "PETA asks Obama to skip 'outdated' Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony".

Yes, the subject of this desperate plea to the President is the common turkey. Leave it to PETA to attempt to ruin a fun-spirited national tradition, as small as it might be, in the name of a 'much higher cause'. It's interesting that pro-life Christians are portrayed as radicals when this sort of nonsense is going on.

The author of the letter, Ingrid Newkirk, is responsible for a few other dandy quotations:
"The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a human being."
 "Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses."

Those are some real compelling comparisons. Golly, who wouldn't want to follow this guy?

I guess at the end of the day you just have to chuckle at stuff like this. It's much too absurd to get worked up about, and I hope most people see it as such.

"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion is already born." - Ronald Reagan