evmori Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I wonder if the PETA people think it's OK for carnivores (lions, etc.) to be snacking on wildebeests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASM915 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Oh, the horrific screams coming from the kitchen are deafening!!! The wife just threw celery, parsley and fennel in the pot. I'm pretty sure she had already put the chicken out of it's misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I thought Merlyn was the personification of political correctness. Nope. PETA. Hands down, 8 miles high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chug Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 evmori said "I wonder if the PETA people think it's OK for carnivores (lions, etc.) to be snacking on wildebeests?" It would be amusing to watch them try to stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASM915 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 PETA strikes again. This morning, on the way home from work, NPR had an item about Old George, the 20+ lb lobster in the NYC restaurant. The owners allowed PETA to return Old George to the sea, because he was somewhere between 100-150 years old. Pack, we missed some nice aged lobstah that could have fed you, Gonzo myeslf and the families for a nice dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 That's OK. I have known older prey to be tough and stringy. As with the rest of the animal world, I'd rather eat the young. Yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny2862 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Veal, anyone? Smoooth, yumm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I wonder if PETA is worried about sea sponges, too! Now we don't eat 'em but boy are they great for washing your car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSScout Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Oh. It's an "a", not an "x". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GernBlansten Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Can someone please explain which scout law supports the mocking of anothers value system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASM915 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Gern, Not a law, but campstaff skits??? Anyway, Pack, some of the others, and I like belonging to PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals). Just because it has the same acronym as the other, doesn't mean we are making fun of them,. Well maybe. Heck, definitely, but all in jest. I wonder how Langley feels about CIA (Central Insurance Agency), CIA (Culinary Institue of America), etc. I'm sure they privately behind the backs of the others, make fun in jest. I'll take a peek into some of the other Bush/Obama bashing, and other making fun of threads to see if the same question has been posted there. Let those without sin (earth based, Christain, Jewish Muslim, etc) cast the first stone. I'm now ducking for cover from those first cast stones now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 There are some great camp skit ideas here! What's your point Gern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Oh, I think Gern is trying to remind us to be careful about making insensitive statements toward people who hold very devout and personal beliefs. And, assuming I'm correct in that assertion, I get the point. His comment would apply equally, say, to remarks about the ideas of people who believe in geocentrism, or a flat earth, or creationism, faith healing, or name-a-religion. And I plead guilty when those beliefs directly affect my actions and goals, especially if such things are pushed in the legal arena. When confronted with non-rational arguments, rational counter arguments don't work well. Satire and ridicule make the point much more effectively. This is the essence of employing reductio ad absurdum to their arguments and the beauty of the approach is that by confronting them with logical extremes, THEIR arguments are the ones that seem absurd as a result. Their hurt feelings should be an indication to THEM that they need to re-examine THEIR ideas. In this case the idea that we should be humane (this is a mercurial concept in itself) to other creatures has been taken by PETA (the 'real' PETA) to extreme, and IMHO, superficial and idiotic ends. I doubt that many of the PETA members actually understand the philosophical threads that have led to these positions. At least I have met quite a few who don't. And I tend to ridicule them. Same as the snake handlers, faith healers, creationists, geocentrists, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GernBlansten Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Exactly Pack. I guess liberal values are OK to mock, but conservative values are off limits. I've seen it repeated over and over here. Just can't see how those who claim to follow the scout law justify that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I wouldn't classify PETA among those with liberal values. Kooky & totally ridiculous values, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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