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n.

The act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research.

PETA will have a field day with this. I pop over to their site every once in a while to get a good laugh. Sensationalism as its best!

If you want to stop this madness then you should join the PETA's boycott of Japanese products.
Yes, this includes anime.

Hmm... does amnesty international regularly make "-1, troll" statements in order to further its causes? I know that PETA does. Certain environmental organizations also come to mind. Michael Crichton's "Environmentalism as religion" is highly recommended reading.

Or a bunch of extremist animal lovin' hippies

I think you need to see if people prefer beautiful chickens before you can jump to that conclusion.

It's sad to see such ignorance displayed on all places... a science web page! The statement in and of itself is meaningless, because taste is subjective, I personally think meat smells, looks and tastes disgusting. But that means nothing to you if you think the opposite, right? I'll bet slave owners reacted to abolitionists the same meat eaters do now to animal rights activists. That is not to say that mistreating a pig is nearly as bad as mistreating a person. That xmission site that many people quote as a defense to veganism I admit is funny and sounds like it might be one step closer to the truth. Unfortunately it is just a display of ignorance. Veganism is not about eliminating suffering (which is impossible) rather minimizing it, think Utilitarianism. So guess what? The whole thing about rabbits getting killed in wheat fields is totally consistent with veganism! A well known fact to those who have studied ecology in the least, is that the higher up on the food chain you go, the more energy is lost to metabolic processes and waste. This translates to, by directly eating that wheat (like vegans do,) rather than feeding it to cows (like meat eaters do,) the amount of wheat eaten is minimized, hence the number of rabbits squished or torn to pieces is minimized, which is totally consistent with veganism. I'll admit, the "guilt-free" thing, is inaccurate because everything comes with a price, including vegan food. But to say that this disproves such an incredible way of thinking as veganism is ridiculous. A common misperception is that vegans and vegetarians are stupid because they value life no matter how worthless it is. Many vegans will squash a fly as quickly as the next meater, which is consistent with veganism. (See below for Animal Liberation which is very Utilitarianistic.) And for those of you who aren't totally disgusted at my vegan rantings, and are actually interested in veganism: If you're interested in eating delicious vegan food, in Manhattan: Angelica Kitchen and Hangawi Restaurant are two of my personal favorites. If you're interested in veganism in general: PETA is an excellent source of information on animals rights, veganism, etc... Just try to ignore their obnoxious countenance. If you're interested in one of the most well accepted animal rights philosophers, look around for Peter Singer, and his work Animal Liberation. His thoughts are so influential and revolutionary.

GNU's list of words you can and cannot say

You mean the list of "Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding." They aren't saying that you can't say them - just theat they are loaded and understood in certain ways that one must be aware of when talking to this community. It's quite common when people are using normal words with certain meanings to warn people about the understanding of those words in that community.

And, I think that PETA cares a lot about what you think. Of course, I prefer PETA but what do I know...

Compare the web sites of PETA and GNU. It's pretty obvious that PETA is about what you should do, while GNU is about what you should think. With that, combine the "true believer" items such as GNU's list of words you can and cannot say, and a strange focus on morality, and you have something that is practically indistinguishable from a cult, even if it is only a cult of personality.

You seriously underestimate how far 'round the bend those folks at PETA are...follow the link. Peta

Just wait until the animal rights groups here about this travesty.

Considering that it's a dairy beverage, they may get the unwelcome attention of PETA. Now that will be entertaining. Especially if their ALF friends get involved. We might see a REAL Flame war.

Sure, Bush is passing hundreds of millions of dollars for research into hydrogen fuel cell technology to halt dependence on oil. But what about experts' claims that supplies of The Internet will run dry by 2018? Do you, as America's foremost lobbyist to Congress, know of any pending legislation to address this threat?

Save the animals (PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

...and you'd NEVER be able to get PETA off your back.

Your telling me! they're still bitching about this little incident and it was over a year and a half ago!

This is how wonderful science is to animals.

And now for some music:

Eat steak, eat steak, eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak, do we have one here?
Eat beef, eat beef, it's a mighty good food
It's a grade 'A' meal when I'm in the mood.
-The Reverend Horton Heat

Given that PETA (link) are in favour of hoof & mouth disease, I don't think they can complain too much about the suffering of lamprey larvae.

If I get enough hrefs in my post do I qualify as a karma whore?
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From this recent kuro5hin discussion, PETA themselves would get upset about this.

Err, I guess the PETA we're talking about is here.

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Peta.org is down, seemingly. The DNS points nowhere anymore. Looks like they (or their hosters) are complying with the order, although the WHOIS information is still available.

Sad.

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