I'd Wear a Real Fur
I just had this conversation with the hubby less than a month ago and here it is in the news. I told him I wasn't clear about the purpose of the organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). So, I visited their website and found it not only confusing, but ridiculous (yep, said it). In the mission statement it states that they focus on four areas- factory farms, laboratories, clothing trade and the entertainment industry.
Yet, last week (June 16 '09) PETA put President Obama on blast for swatting a fly.
While I agree NO animal should be intentionally tortured... c'mon, no animals in the circus? Is torture inherent in animal circus acts? I think not. What will our children do for live entertainment? Puppet shows, only? What would the circus animals do otherwise? At least they are being productive animal-zens and providing for their families. What human on tour is not tortured by long hours, lack of sleep and poor diet. In order to tour around the country the way circus animals do, they have to be fed, cleaned, exercised, given a place to rest, etc. Imagine if all animals just hung out, no cages, no shows, nothing to do. I guess they would all be relegated to the zoo. PETA should fight for no zoos too because these animals are being held captive. That's torture. Every fish tank in US homes and schools should be banned. These animals are definitely being tortured in those 10 gallon tanks with plastic trees and rocks year after year. (I don't know what I'm going to tell my son, Rawm, happened to our two turtles Speedy and Flip-flop).
And anyway, are ALL 2 million PETA members vegan, cotton wearing activists? Because if any one of them so much as eats a marshmallow or Gummi bear (animal organs are in the gelatin) or wears a pair of leather shoes or takes life-saving medication... what a hypocrite?! You can not convince me the animal used for a leather coat withstood any less torture than the animal used for a real fur coat. Oh yes, but the furry animals are risking extinction right? Okay then, let's farm them like we do the chicken, cow and lamb for the exceeding 200 billion meat eaters in the US. Then we won't run out. That solves that. (That had to be so very politically incorrect.)
Does anybody know the trend in Hollywood? Are celebrities still wearing real furs and sneaking through back doors or are fashion houses designing ultra, real looking furs so that no eggs will be (legitimately) thrown but celebs can still look fabulous? Which way shall I go... faux pas or faux fur?
Yet, last week (June 16 '09) PETA put President Obama on blast for swatting a fly.
While I agree NO animal should be intentionally tortured... c'mon, no animals in the circus? Is torture inherent in animal circus acts? I think not. What will our children do for live entertainment? Puppet shows, only? What would the circus animals do otherwise? At least they are being productive animal-zens and providing for their families. What human on tour is not tortured by long hours, lack of sleep and poor diet. In order to tour around the country the way circus animals do, they have to be fed, cleaned, exercised, given a place to rest, etc. Imagine if all animals just hung out, no cages, no shows, nothing to do. I guess they would all be relegated to the zoo. PETA should fight for no zoos too because these animals are being held captive. That's torture. Every fish tank in US homes and schools should be banned. These animals are definitely being tortured in those 10 gallon tanks with plastic trees and rocks year after year. (I don't know what I'm going to tell my son, Rawm, happened to our two turtles Speedy and Flip-flop).
And anyway, are ALL 2 million PETA members vegan, cotton wearing activists? Because if any one of them so much as eats a marshmallow or Gummi bear (animal organs are in the gelatin) or wears a pair of leather shoes or takes life-saving medication... what a hypocrite?! You can not convince me the animal used for a leather coat withstood any less torture than the animal used for a real fur coat. Oh yes, but the furry animals are risking extinction right? Okay then, let's farm them like we do the chicken, cow and lamb for the exceeding 200 billion meat eaters in the US. Then we won't run out. That solves that. (That had to be so very politically incorrect.)
Does anybody know the trend in Hollywood? Are celebrities still wearing real furs and sneaking through back doors or are fashion houses designing ultra, real looking furs so that no eggs will be (legitimately) thrown but celebs can still look fabulous? Which way shall I go... faux pas or faux fur?
