Fair points, Wellard. My view *is* skewed on PETA, and organization which my wife was once a member of. We had a friend in law school who interviewed to be a PETA lawyer. She got in an argument with one of the more known leaders there during the interview. Apparently this leader, whose name I do not know, and her disagreed on *which* animal causes were worth championing - with the leader coming down on the side of championing the causes of "cute" animals (which tugs the heartstring more, and is thus better politically for such a grass roots organization - no pun.
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Like I may have mentioned, they have some good points. I like lettuce ladies. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] I married one. I like their view of the health side in most instances - though I *am* aware they are willing to skew the truth some (e.g. there is little argument that fish is very health - so long as there's no bioacumulated crap in it [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] ) But, I will accept that contaminating the jury is not fair for me to do.
Personally, I support The Humane Society these days.
Finally, let me thank you for encouraging me to use the "heee" smiley, which certainly has a personality all its own, and is simply often more appropriate than
, [img]smile.gif[/img] ,
, or [img]tongue.gif[/img] .
[img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]